Dayle Furlong is the author of the novel Saltwater Cowboys, a Toronto Public Library 2015 Dewey Diva Pick of the Year, and a collection of poetry entitled Open Slowly. Her short fiction collection Lake Effect & Other Stories (Cormorant Books, 2022) features stories that have appeared in journals in Canada, the US, and New Zealand. Her short fiction has been awarded an Award of Merit from the Disquiet International Literary Prize and was a finalist in december Magazine’s 2018 Curt Johnson Prose Award in America. She is a graduate of the Humber College School for Writers and has a M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Furlong lives in Toronto and works as a librarian.