Shayne Morrow is a journalist and writer, who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. For over fifteen years, Morrow was a reporter for the Alberni Valley Times. In 1999, he worked on the CBC Witness documentary The Gene Squad. Since 2011, he has worked as a freelance writer for Ha-Shilth-Sa, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council news service, and the publication Windspeaker.