Mark Blagrave's short fiction has appeared in several Canadian literary journals and in a collection of interlinked stories entitled <i>Salt in the Wounds</i> (2014). His novel <i>Silver Salts</i> (2008) was shortlisted for the Commonwealth First Novel Award (Canada and Caribbean) and for the John and Margaret Savage Award for First Novel. After a 35-year teaching career in universities in New Brunswick and Ontario, Mark lives and writes in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.