Glen Sorestad is a well known poet who lives in Saskatoon. He is a Life Member of both the League of Canadian Poets and the Saskatchewan Writers Guild. In November 2000 became the first provincially appointed Poet Laureate in Canada. Sorestad is a Member of the Order of Canada, as well as a  recipient of both the Queen's Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee Medals,
His poetry has appeared in literary magazines and anthologies throughout North America and in Europe; his short stories have been published, broadcast on radio and televised. He has authored over twenty books and chapbooks of poetry. He has given over 300 public readings all over Canada and the United States, as well as in France, Norway, Finland, Slovenia and Cuba. In 2011 his poetry book A Thief of Impeccable Taste was published in a bilingual, English/Spanish edition by Hiddeen Brook Press/Sand Crab Books.