H. Nigel Thomas was born in St. Vincent and now lives in Montreal. After a stint as a high school teacher in Montreal, Thomas was for many years a professor of US literature at Universite Laval, before retiring. He is the author of three novels, Spirits in the Dark (shortlisted for the QWF Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction), BEHIND THE FACE OF WINTER, and RETURN TO ARCADIA; the story collections How Loud Can the Village Cock Crow, LIVES: WHOLE AND OTHERWISE, and WHEN THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT (TSAR Publications, 2014); and a book of poetry, Moving through Darkness. Thomas has also published two work...