Award-winning author and playwright A.M.Matte was first published at age 11. Laureate of the O'Neill-Karch award, she writes in English and in French. Her plays have been produced across Ontario. Previous publications include Son of Sun inNorth of Infinity II, and Secrets, A l'air, and Nelles in Virages. A.M. Matte lives in Toronto with her husband, her son, and her bird, who has never been thwacked.