<b>Margot Fedoruk</b> is a writer, book reviewer and entrepreneur, whose work has been published in the <em>Globe and Mail</em>, <em>Quill &amp; Quire</em>, <em>BC BookWorld</em>, <em>Ormbsy Review</em>, and <em>Portal</em>. She holds a BA from the University of Winnipeg and a BA from Vancouver Island University where she majored in Creative Writing. She was awarded the Barry Broadfoot Award for creative nonfiction and journalism and a Meadowlarks Award for fiction, both from VIU. She has a personal blog called <em>Death Defying Acts of Living</em> and an instructional soapmaking blog called <em>Wash Rinse Repeat</em>. For more information, visit margotfedoruk.ca.