Marian Botsford Fraser is a freelance writer, broadcaster, and critic whose work has appeared in Granta, Walrus, the Globe and Mail, and Toronto Life. She is Books Editor for More Magazine and a contributor to CBC Radio's Ideas and Tapestry. She is also the author of Solitaire: The Intimate Lives of Single Women and Walking the Line: Travels along the Canadian/American Border. She lives in Stratford, Ontario.