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Lee Maracle is the author of a number of critically acclaimed literary works including, Sojourners and Sundogs, Ravensong, Bobbi Lee, and I Am Woman. She was born in North Vancouver and is a member of the Sto: Loh nation. Lee Maracle currently teaches in the Aboriginal Studies program at the University of Toronto and the Centre of Indigenous Theatre, and is mother to four and grandmother to seven. Her newest book, First Wives Club: Coast Salish Style, is out in June 2010 from Theytus Books.
Chris Bose is a writer, multi-disciplinary artist, musician and filmmaker, who has read and performed at universities, theatres and coffeehouses at all points from Victoria to Montreal and has just released his collection of poetry Stone the Crow. He continues to create art and music on a daily basis, and is also a workshop facilitator of community arts events, digital storytelling, art workshops with people of all ages and backgrounds. He does curatorial work for First Nations art shows and projects, research and writing for periodicals across Canada, mixed-media productions, film, audio and video recording and editing, and more. Chris is of the N'laka'pamux Nation in BC, and currently spends his time in Kamloops BC.
