Ruth Daniell is an award-winning writer and a former professional bra fit consultant who currently lives and writes in Vancouver, where she teaches speech arts and writing at the Bolton Academy of Spoken Arts. She is also the founder and organizer of a literary reading series called Swoon, which focuses on discovering new and innovative work about love and desire. She holds a BA (Honours) in English literature and writing from the University of Victoria and an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia. Her poems and stories have appeared or are forthcoming in various journals across North America and online, including The MALAHAT REVIEW, ROOM, GRAIN, CONTEMPORARY VERSE 2, PLENITUDE and ARC.