Michael Christie is the author of If I Fall, If I Die, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, won the Northern Lit Award, and was selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice in 2015. His collection of short stories, The Beggar’s Garden, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and won the Vancouver Book Award. Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Christie completed an MFA at the University of British Columbia and now lives on Galiano Island.