<strong>Marie-Claire Blais is the author of more than 20 novels, 5 plays, and collections of poetry and short stories. She is the recipient of the Prix France-Canada and the prestigious Prix Médicis and was the first North American writer invited to join Belgium's prestigious Academy of French Language and Literature. She lives in Key West, Florida. <strong>Mary Meigs is an American painter who emigrated to Canada and is best known for her literary contributions. <strong>Derek Coltman has worked as a translator for more than five decades and has translated many of the most recognized contemporary French authors. <strong>Priscila Uppal is a poet, a fiction writer, and a professor of humanities and English at York University. Her work has been translated into Croatian, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Korean, and Latvian. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
