Julie Roorda is the author of three previous volumes of poetry, Eleventh Toe (2001), Courage Underground (2006), and Floating Bodies (2010), all published by Guernica Editions, as well as two novels, and two collections of short stories, most recently How to Tell if Your Frog is Dead (Guernica, 2019). Her work has appeared in several journals, including TNQ and The Malahat Review, and has been featured on the popular website Poetry Daily. She lives in St. Catharines, Ontario.