Stephen Finucan received his B.A. in literature from Trent University and his M.A. in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. He currently lives in Toronto, where he is a creative writing instructor with the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies. He is also a frequent contributor to the Toronto Star's book pages. In 2000, he was Write Magazine's New Writer of the Year. He won the Humber School for Writers Prize in 1997 and was shortlisted for the Upper Canada Brewing Company's Writer's Craft Award in 2000 and the Ian St. James Award for Short Fiction.