Inspired by living in Costa Rica, Susan Grundy veered from her thirty-year career in marketing to write stories about the weight of emotional distress and how to step into an easier way of being. Her short fiction has appeared in The Danforth Review and Montréal Writes. Scheduled to be published by Inanna Publications in spring 2024, her debut novel, Black Creek, has been postponed due to financial challenges following the sad loss of the founder-publisher. Susan's latest work, Mad Sisters (Ronsdale Press, October 2024), is a highly personal account of her caregiving journey for an older sister diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of thirteen. CBC Books selected Mad Sisters as one of their fall nonfiction picks. When not at her desk, Susan can be found walking in nature towards a café. She divides her time between Montreal and London UK.