Ceilidh Michelle is the author of Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams, published by Palimpsest Press and shortlisted for the Hugh MacLennan Award for Fiction. Her second book, Vagabond: Venice Beach, Slab City and Points In Between, was published by Douglas & McIntyre in September 2020. Her novella, Living Waters, was shortlisted in the Malahat Review’s Novella Prize, and she’s been listed twice by the CBC as an author to watch. Michelle has contributed to Maclean’s Magazine, Room, Saltwire, Long Reads, and others. She holds an MSc in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh.