Danila Botha
Danila Botha is the author of three short story collections, Got No Secrets and For All the Men (and Some of the Women I’ve Known) which was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, The Vine Awards and the ReLit Award. Her new collection, Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness will be published in March 2024 by Guernica Editions.

She is also the author of the award-winning novel Too Much on the Inside which was recently optioned for film. Her new novel, A Place for People Like Us will be published by Guernica in 2025. She is part of the faculty at Humber School for Writers and teaches Creative Writing at University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies. She just completed writing and illustrating her first graphic novel, Call me Vidal.
www.danilabotha.com

Nora Gold
Dr. Nora Gold is the prize-winning author of five books and the editor of the prestigious literary journal Jewish Fiction .net. Her books have won a Canadian Jewish Literary Award, a Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award, and a Canada Council for the Arts translation grant, and her writing has been praised by Alice Munro, Cynthia Ozick, and Dara Horn.
www.noragold.com

Samantha Bailey (Host)
Samantha M. Bailey is the USA TODAY, Amazon Charts, and #1 national bestselling author of Woman On the Edge, Watch Out For Her, and A Friend In The Dark. She lives in Toronto, where she can usually be found tapping away at her computer or curled up on her couch with a book. Samantha is currently working on her next domestic thriller.
samanthambailey.com