Conor Mc Donnell is a physician and poet. He has published two chapbooks in Canada, The Book of Retaliations (Anstruther Press), and Safe Spaces (Frog Hollow Press). He received Honourable Mention for The Fiddlehead's 2018 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, was shortlisted for The Raw Art Review's 2019 Charles Bukowski Prize, and was runner-up for the 2019 Vallum Poetry Prize. His work has featured in Grain, Carousel, the Journal of the American Medical Association and many others. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two dogs.