J.A. Wainwright was born in Toronto and has lived in Halifax, NS since 1972. He is a poet, novelist, and McCulloch Emeritus Professor in English at Dalhousie University. His most recent work is a biography, "Blazing Figures, A Life of Robert Markle" (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010) and a novel, "The Confluence" (Mosaic Press, 2007)."