Ali Bryan is author of Roost, The Figgs, and a new Young Adult novel The Hills coming out in spring 2021. Roost won the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and was the official selection of One Book Nova Scotia, and The Figgs was a finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor. She was long-listed for the CBC Creative Nonfiction prize, and twice shortlisted for the Alberta Literary Awards Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Award, and won the 2020 Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story. Ali Bryan can be found on her website with upcoming book updates and teaching workshops.