Dianne Tchir (Elsenheimer) resides near Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. A retired High School English/Drama teacher, she has had many poems published in literary magazines and anthologies, as well as a children's book of rhyme: My Story. When she is not writing she is teaching English as a Second Language, facilitating workshops in writing memoir and reader's theatre, freelancing for a local newspaper and offering seniors a Chair Yoga program.