Rawi Hage was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and lived through nine years of the Lebanese civil war. He immigrated to Canada in 1992. His writing has appeared in Fuse magazine, Mizna, Jouvert, The Toronto Review, Montreal Serai, and Al-Jadid. His debut novel, De Niro's Game, won many prestigious national and international awards, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He lives in Montreal.