Joan Clark is the author of two previous novels, Eriksdotter and The Victory of Geraldine Gull, which won the Canadian Author’s Association Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award, and of a collection of short stories, Swimming Toward the Light. She has also written several award-winning books for children. Joan Clark was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and has lived for several years in St. John’s, Newfoundland.