Chris D’Iorio has degrees in Literary Studies & Semotics and Law from the University of Toronto. He works for an accounting firm providing tax advice on equity-based compensation, and also serves on the board of directors for SKETCH working arts for Toronto’s homeless and street-involved youth. He is in the editorial collective for influencysalon.ca. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in Filling Station and other journals, and he is a past winner of the Hart House Literary Contest. Without Blue is his first book of poetry.