Shayne Woodsmith is an award-winning writer and the creator of the popular Faces of Edmonton photoblog. His debut novel, Twenty-Seven, is a work of science fiction, his second, My Brother Mercy, is a quarter-life crisis coming-of-age story and was a 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards winner. He is currently working on a collection of short stories and collaborating on a graphic novel. He lives in Edmonton with his spouse Megan and their two cats, Mortimer and Tuna.