Triny Finlay was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in Toronto. She is the author of the poetry collections Splitting Off (Nightwood, 2004), Histories Haunt Us (Nightwood, 2010), and the chapbook Phobic (Gaspereau, 2006). Her writing has appeared in various publications, including ARC, Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets, Contemporary Verse 2, The Fiddlehead, Grain, and University of Toronto Quarterly. She lives with her family in Fredericton, where she teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of New Brunswick.

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