Kasia Van Schaik is the author of the linked story collection We Have Never Lived On Earth, which was longlisted for the Giller Prize, and shortlisted for the Concordia First Book Prize and the ReLit Award for Short Fiction. Her writing has appeared in Electric Literature, the LA Review of Books, the Best Canadian Poetry, and the CBC. Kasia holds a PhD in English Literature from McGill University. She lives in Fredericton, where she teaches English and creative writing at the University of New Brunswick.