The author of six books of poetry and a pseudonymous thriller selected for the Rome Film Festival, James W. Wood was shortlisted for the 2018 Bridport Prize in the UK, and won the British Columbia Writer's Award in Canada. His work has appeared in leading journals in Canada, the US, the UK and Australia, including The Times Literary Supplement (UK), AGNI (USA), The Boston Review (USA), The Fiddlehead (Canada), The Daily Telegraph (UK), Stand (US/UK), and many others.