Michael Christie is the author of three books, including the international bestseller Greenwood, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the Arthur Ellis Award. His previous novel, If I Fall, If I Die, was also longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick. His story collection, The Beggar’s Garden, was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust Prize for Fiction and won the Vancouver Book Award. A former carpenter and homeless shelter worker, he lives in Victoria, British Columbia.