Douglas Burnet Smith is the author of 18 books of poetry. His work has been nominated for The Governor General's Award, Canada's highest literary prize, selected as a Best 100 Books choice by The Globe and Mail, as a finalist for Canada's National Magazine Awards, and awarded the prestigious Long Poem Prize from The Malahat Review. He has been writer in residence at various institutions in Canada, Europe and the U.S., most recently at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He teaches at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.