BRIAN FRANCIS is the author of two novels. Natural Order was selected by the Toronto Star, Kobo, and Georgia Straight as a Best Book of 2011. His first novel, Fruit, was a 2009 Canada Reads finalist and was selected as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers title. Francis writes a monthly advice column, "Ask the Agony Editor," for Quill and Quire and is a regular contributor to CBC Radio's The Next Chapter.