Mike Spry was born and raised in Ottawa and has spent time living in Vancouver, Central America, and Toronto. He is a graduate of the Creative Program at Concordia University in Montreal where he is the Managing Editor of Matrix magazine and the co-coordinator of The Pilot Reading Series. His work has appeared in the Soliloquies, Headlight and Pistol Anthologies, as well as in Matrix magazine. Mike is currently working on two manuscripts: a selection of short stories entitled Distillery Songs and a novel entitled Working up the Bottle. Jack is his first collection of poetry.