Leona Gom is originally from northern Alberta, where her parents were homesteaders and where she lived on an isolated farm for twenty years. She received a B.Ed. and M.A. from the University of Alberta and taught there in in the Department of English for two years. She also taught English and creative writing at UBC and at Douglas/Kwantlen College, where for ten years she was editor and poetry editor of the literary magazine Event. She has been writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta, University of Lethbridge, and the University of Winnipeg, and has been published extensively in journals and anthologies around the world. Her impressive list of works also includes eleven published books (six poetry, five novels), and two full-length plays produced by the CBC. Leona Gom now lives in White Rock, BC, where she writes full time.
