Lynn Coady now lives in Edmonton, though she was born and raised in Cape Breton. She has published a collection of short stories, Play the Monster Blind, and four novels. Her first novel, Strange Heaven, was nominated for the 1998 Governor General's Award for Fiction, while her latest novel, The Antagonist, was shortlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Marina Endicott was born in British Columbia and worked as an actor and director before going to London, England, where she began to write fiction. Her novel Open Arms was nominated for the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and her second won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Canada and Caribbean region.

Thomas Head Raddall Award (1998) - Winner [Canada]

Canadian Authors Association Air Canada Award (1998) - Winner [Canada]

Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction) (1998) - Winner [Canada]

Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award (1998) - Winner [Canada]

Governor General's Award for Fiction (1998) - Short-listed [Canada]