Genni Gunn is an author, musician and translator. Born in Trieste, she came to Canada as a child. Her fourteen published books include four novels, three short story collections, three poetry collections, and a collection of personal essays. As well, she has translated from Italian three collections of poems by two renowned Italian authors: Devour Me Too  and Traveling in the Gait of a Fox by Dacia Maraini, and Text Me by Corrado Calabrò. Gunn’s books have been translated into Italian and Dutch, her novel Tracing Iris was made into a film, and her opera libretto, Alternate Visions, was produced by Chants Libres (music by John Oliver). She lives in Vancouver, and is at work on a new novel set in Italy.