Connie Braun is a first-generation Canadian born and raised in the Fraser Valley. She is an emerging writer has published short stories, poems and reviews in various publications. Married and the mother of three young-adult children, Connie now makes her home in Vancouver.

"Family histories are often remembered in fragments, mirror-like shards that reflect light and dark, but do not necessarily tell a complete story. The whole is rarely given to us, but needs to be patiently and lovingly constructed. In The Steppes are the Colour of Sepia: a Mennonite Memoir, Connie Braun stitches together her family's story from several sources. She takes us from its roots in the Ukraine, showing us how war and repression played through and over her people, and brings us to Canada where a new life begins, braided of strands from the old. Her language is beguiling; the narrative compelling." -- Claudia Cornwall, author of Letter from Vienna: A Daughter Uncovers her Family's Jewish Past