Bernardine Ann  Teráz Stapleton is an award-winning playwright, a writer and performer of unique distinction. She has served as writer in residence at Memorial University, as playwright in residence with several national companies, and as artistic director of theatre festivals. Her plays are regularly produced nationally and internationally; her short fiction has appeared in Riddle Fence and The Newfoundland Quarterly. Previous books include They Let Down Baskets (coauthor), This Is the Cat, and Rants, Riffs and Roars.