Catherine Owen, from Vancouver, BC, has published sixteen collections of poetry and prose, including The Wrecks of Eden (Wolsak and Wynn, 2002), Frenzy (Anvil Press, 2009), Designated Mourner and Riven (ECW, 2014 and 2020). Her work has won the Stephan G. Stephansson Prize, been translated into Italian and toured Canada twelve times. She now edits, tutors, and hosts the podcast Ms. Lyric's Poetry Outlaws from Delilah, her 1905 home in Edmonton, AB.