Norman Ravvin’s books include two novels, Lola by Night and Café des Westens, a story collection, Sex, Skyscrapers, and Standard Yiddish, and Hidden Canada: An Intimate Travelogue. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in magazines across Canada as well as on CBC Radio. A native of Calgary, he lived in Vancouver, Toronto and Fredericton before making his home with his family in Montreal.