Kate Story is a writer, dancer and actor. She is the author of five novels, including the YA Antilia series and Bl???asted, which received an honorable mention for the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Her short stories have been included in numerous collections and journals; “runaway” was a finalist for the CBC Literary Awards. In 2015, she received the Ontario Arts Foundation’s K.M. Hunter Award for her work in theater. Born and raised in Newfoundland, she now lives in Peterborough, Ontario.