Adrienne Stevenson lives in Ottawa, Canada, on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. A retired forensic toxicologist, she writes poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Her work has appeared in many print and online journals and anthologies in Canada, the USA, the UK, Europe, India and Australia. She is a member of two poetry workshops and an active fiction critique group. Several of her stories have won prizes in contests held by Capital Crime Writers, Canadian Authors Association and the Ottawa Public Library. Non-fiction articles have appeared in Byline and Anglo-Celtic Roots. Adrienne is an avid gardener and cook, a keen amateur genealogist, a voracious reader and sometime folk musician.