Lesley Strutt was a poet, playwright, essayist, novelist, and blogger living in Merrickville, Ontario (1958-2021). Her writing has appeared in anthologies, e-zines, as well as journals such as Montreal Serai; CV2; Prairie Fire; Ottawater; The Literary Review; Bywords; and Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme. Her chapbook, Small as Butterflies, won the 2015 Tree Chapbook prize. Her YA novel, ON THE EDGE (Inanna Publications), was published to in 2019. WINDOW LEDGE (Inanna Publications, 2021) is Lesley's debut poetry collection.