Rob Budde teaches creative writing at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George. He has published eight books (poetry, novels, interviews, and short fiction), and his work has appeared in numerous literary magazines. His most recent books are declining america (Book*hug, 2009) and Dreamland Theatre (Caitlin Press, 2014), which was shortlisted for the BC and Yukon Book Prize's Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He co-edited a selection of Ken Belford's poetry in The Answer to Everything (Caitlin Press, 2021) and is part of an editorial collective assembling a book of essays on the teaching of creative writing, Creation Story.