Laura Kenins is the author of the comics Steam Clean (Retrofit) and Alien Beings (ku!), as well as numerous self-published works. Her comics have been published in Carte Blanche, Kuti Kuti, The Rusty Toque, Truthout, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. Her journalistic work has been published by CBC, Quill & Quire, The Coast, The Telegraph-Journal, This Magazine, and other publications. She has a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design and a master's degree in history from Central European University. Having lived in Halifax, Latvia and Hungary, she currently resides in Toronto.