Joel Fishbane,

the author of “Mother of

Sorrows,” writes fiction, non-fiction, plays, and screenplays. His novel

The Thunder of Giants, about the Nova Scotia giantess Anna Swan, is available from St. Martin’s Press. His other non-fiction work has appeared in The Writer, Canadian Theatre Review, Theatre Journal, and on HowlRound. com. He is pursuing an M.F.A. in creative writing at the University of British Columbia and is developing a play about the Great Toronto Stork Derby.