J.J. Steinfeld is a poet, fiction writer and playwright who lives on Prince Edward Island. He has published two novels, the first of which is Our Hero in the Cradle of Confederation (Pottersfield Press, 1987), and nine short story collections, the last three by Gaspereau Press — Should the Word Hell be Capitalized?, Anton Chekhov was Never in Charlottetown, and Would You Hide Me? His short stories and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and periodicals internationally, and over forty of his one-act and full-length plays have been performed in Canada and the United States. His most recent work, Word Burials, is a novel.
