Morley Callaghan was a novelist and short story writer. He is the author of numerous books, including A Literary Life, The New Yorker Stories, Such Is My Beloved, and That Summer in Paris. He is the recipient of the Governor General's Award and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. Alistair Macleod is the author of As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories, No Great Mischief, and The Lost Salt Gift of Blood. He is the recipient of the Trillium Award, the Thomas Head Raddal Atlantic Fiction Award, the Dartmouth Book & Writing Award for Fiction, the Atlantic Provinces Booksellers Choice Award, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He lives in Toronto.