Sandy Shreve has written, edited and/or co-edited eight books and four chapbooks. Her most recent poetry collection is Waiting for the Albatross (Oolichan Books, 2015). Her previous books include Suddenly, So Much (Exile Editions, 2005) and In Fine Form, 2nd edition - A Contemporary Look at Canadian Form Poetry (Caitlin Press, 2016, co-edited with Kate Braid). Sandy also edited Working For A Living, a collection of poems and stories by women about their work (Room of One's Own, 1988). Sandy’s contributions to the literary arts include founding BC’s Poetry in Transit program, as well as serving on a variety of committees and juries. Her poetry is widely anthologized and has been published in most of Canada's literary journals. Now retired, Sandy worked in communications for fifteen years and, prior to that, as an office manager, secretary, union coordinator, library assistant and reporter. Born in Quebec and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, she lived for some 40 years in Vancouver, British Columbia. She now makes her home on Pender Island, where she has taken up painting.