Baila Ellenbogen is a poet and psychoeducational consultant who resides in Vaughan with her family. She has just completed her Master’s Degree in Child and School Clinical Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where her research focused on poetry composition, and investigating the cognitive and creative processes that underlie the way experienced poets write. Currently she works at the Toronto District School Board conducting assessments with children. Footsteps on The Ceiling is Baila Ellenbogen’s first book of poems.