Bernice Lever (Bowen Island, BC) has published more than 10  books of poetry as well as short prose. She has read poems, across Canada, the U.S. and on four other continents, won four Lifetime Achievement awards and has been a stalwart of Canadian literature, actively involved with the Canadian Authors Association, League of Canadian Poets, Federation of BC Writers, World Poetry and local writer groups. She lives on Bowen Island, British Columbia.