Carol Bruneau is the author of eleven books: four short fiction collections, including Threshold (Nimbus Publishing/Vagrant Press, 2024), six novels and one nonfiction book, No Ordinary Magic: the Art of Laurie Swim (Goose Lane Editions, 2023), nominated for this year’s APMA Best Atlantic Published Book. Her novels include Brighten the Corner Where You Are, inspired by the life of Maud Lewis (Nimbus/Vagrant, 2020), nominated for the IMPAQ Dublin Literary Award, and A Circle on the Surface (Nimbus/Vagrant, 2018), winner of the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction. Her 2017 story collection, A Bird on Every Tree, was a finalist for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction. Her first novel, Purple for Sky, won both these awards in 2001. Other novels include These Good Hands (Cormorant Books, 2015) which explores the life and art of French sculptor Camille Claudel, and Glass Voices (Cormorant, 2007), a Globe and Mail Best Book. Bruneau lives and works in Halifax/Kjipuktuk, Nova Scotia/Mi’kmaki.