Natalie Meisner

Natalie Meisner is a writer from Lockeport, Nova Scotia. Her plays have been produced across the country, won numerous awards, been collected in book form and appear in numerous Canadian Anthologies. Her previous book, Double Pregnant: Two Lesbians Make a Family, is a lighthearted and informative true account of two lesbians who want to have children. Her plays have won the Canadian National Playwriting Competition, been shortlisted for the Herman Voaden, and been produced by CBC Radio. A wife and mother of two great boys, Natalie divides her time between Lockeport, Nova Scotia, and Salt Spring Island, BC.

Born in Quebec, Mathilde Cinq-Mars is a graduate of the Université de Strasbourg in visual arts. Recent illustration projects include Mr. Mergler, Beethoven, and Me, and the Acadian song collection Grande Tintamarre! Her illustrations have also been exhibitedat the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of the Youth Solidarity Project, at the Seigneurie d'Anhaive in Belgium, and at the Cabinet Amateur in France. She lives and works in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, with her daughter and a lot dried flowers.