Lise Mayne, author, lives in Nanton, Alberta, Canada. Historical injustice and the search for home are central themes of her work. Her novel Becoming Sand, presented a fictional Francophone family’s history in Canada. Her new novel Time Enough, Oprelle Publications 2024, is the migration saga of a family from Isle of Man to Canada via Michigan in the early 1900’s. An excerpt was published by Sunspot Literary Journal in the Rigel 2022 contest. Lise’s poetry appears in several international literary publications, nominated for five awards. Her article “Plastic Blues, One Albertan’s Fight Against Government-Sanctioned Pollution,” Alberta Views, December, 2023 was a finalist in the Alberta Magazine Publisher Awards. Lise volunteers as a Rocky Mountain bluebird nest-box monitor, plays the harp, and cherishes time with her family.