H Nigel Thomas was born in St Vincent. He attended university in Montreal and for ten years was a teacher with the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, before joining the faculty at Laval University, Quebec, from where he recently retired. His published works include the novels BEHIND THE FACE OF WINTER (Mawenzi House/TSAR Publishers, 2002) and RETURN TO ARCADIA (Mawenzi House/TSAR Publishers, 2007), and the short-story collections, LIVES, WHOLE AND OTHERWISE (Mawenzi House/TSAR Publishers, 2010) and WHEN THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT (Mawenzi House/TSAR Publishers, 2014). He received the Homage to Artists award from Laval University in 2013.