Diane Sims, now living in Stratford, grew up in Sault Ste Marie. She has worked as a journalist/editor for newspaper and magazine media, as a writer/broadcaster for CBC radio, and as corporate editor for a Crown corporation. She has been living with MS and ovarian cancer for far longer than anyone expected possible, and her previous writing has reflected this. Gardens of our Souls: A Correspondence of Gardening, Friendship and Healing, with Marla Fletcher (Macmillan, 1998, ISBN 0-7715-7582-3), was translated into Chinese and Japanese for distribution in those countries; An Ovarian Cancer Companion (General Store Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-894263-83-9), was translated into French for distribution in France; and Solace (Novalis, 2005, ISBN 978-2-89507-571-4) continues the correspondence begun in Gardens of our Souls. Rider Of The Clouds: Faith, Survival and Just Plain Hanging On (General Store, April 2008, ISBN 1-897113-64-1) was published in spring 2008.