<p>Bernardine Ann Teraz 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 <em>Riddle Fence</em> and <em>The Newfoundland Quarterly</em>. Her books include <em>love, life</em>, <em>They Let Down Baskets</em> (coauthor), <em>This Is the Cat</em>, and <em>Rants, Riffs and Roars</em>.</p>