Hollay Ghadery is a multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, is with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, was released with Palimpsest Press in 2026. Being with the Birds is her first children's book. Hollay is a co-host on CIUT 89.5 FM and a host on The New Books Network. She is also a book publicist and the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com.