ANNE FLEMING is a Canadian fiction writer. She also writes poetry and children's books, plus the occasional stage play and screenplay. She likes to cross-country ski and play the ukulele, although not necessarily at the same time. Born in Toronto, she attended the University of Waterloo, first enrolling in a geography program then moving to English studies. In 1991, she moved to British Columbia. Laura Farina's first book of poetry, This Woman Alphabetical, won the2006 Archibald Lampman Award. She has sat on the Editorial Board for Arc: Canada's National Poetry Magazine and taught Creative Writing to young people in Ontario and Chicago.