Sivan Slapak is a Montreal-based writer. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in The New Quarterly, Montreal Serai, carte blanche, and collections published by Véhicule Press and Guernica Editions. She was selected as a finalist for the CBC Quebec Writing Competition, won the TNQ Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award once, and was shortlisted for it twice. Here Is Still Here came out with Linda Leith Publishing in March 2024 and is her first book.