Moni Brar was born in rural India and raised in northern British Columbia on the land of the Tse’Khene peoples. Her writing explores the interrelation of time, place and identity in the immigrant experience, diasporic guilt, and the legacy of trauma. She has multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize and was the recipient of the 2022 Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal, the 2022 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award, and The Fiddlehead’s 2022 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize.