Beyond Borders is the culmination of a series of ongoing meetings and exchanges between a group of Canadian and U.S. writers from the plains and prairies of mid-continent. While it is marked by a common ground of cooperation and mutual understanding, it is also representative - in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction - of the range and diversity of these individual voices, and the belief that in writing all borders are meant to be crossed.

Dave Williamson has written four previous comic novels, drama for television and stage, reviews and non-fiction. Founder of the Creative Communications program at Red River College, he was Dean of Business and Applied Arts there, retiring in 2006. Dave has served as President of the Manitoba Writers' Guild, Chair of The Writers' Union of Canada, and Chair of the Winnipeg Arts Council. His short fiction collection, Accountable Advances, and his most recent novel, Dating, are both published by Turnstone Press. He lives in Winnipeg.

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Mark Vinz is the author of several books of poetry , the most recent of which are Mixed Blessings and Late Night Calls. His short fiction has appeared in several magazines and in newspapers via five PEN Syndicated Fiction awards. He teaches at Moorhead State University in Moorhead. Dave Williamson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1934 and currently makes the city his home. Primarily a writer of (comic) fiction, Dave has also worked in the genres of drama (for TV and stage), reviews and non-fiction. Formerly the Dean of Business and Applied Arts at Red River College, Dave has also served as President of the Manitoba Writers` Guild, Chair of the Writers` Union of Canada and a member of the Winnipeg International Writers` Festival advisory committee.

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