Laurie Smith holds a B.Ed and M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Windsor. An editor and writing coach, she facilitates workshops and is co-publisher of Cranberry Tree Press. Over the years she's won several poetry prizes, including 3rd place in the Great Canadian Panty Poem contest and first place in the Leonard Cohen Old Ideas contest, plus first place in short stories for the Detroit Tri-centennial Writing Competition and the Literary Arts Windsor Chapbook Competition. Collections include Said the Cannibal (Urban Farmhouse Press 2017) The Truth about Roller Skating (CTP 2011) and smack in the middle of spotlit obvious (Urban Farmhouse Press 2016).