David Dowker was born in Kingston, Ontario, but has lived most of his life in Toronto. He was editor of The Alterran Poetry Assemblage from 1996 to 2004 (which can be accessed at Library and Archives Canada). He published MANTIS (Chax Press) in 2018, MACHINE LANGUAGE in 2010, and VIRTUALIS: TOPOLOGIES OF THE UNREAL (with Christine Stewart) in 2013 (shortlisted for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for poetry).