CHARLOTTE GILL is a bestselling and award-winning writer of fiction and narrative nonfiction. Ladykiller, her first book, was the recipient of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for short fiction. Eating Dirt, a tree-planting memoir, was a #1 national bestseller in Canada. Her work has appeared in Vogue, The Guardian, Oprah Daily, and many other newspapers and magazines. Gill is a Cohort Director in the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing at the University of King's College. She lives in British Columbia, Canada.