Daniel Scott Tysdal’s first book of poetry, Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method (2006), received the ReLit Award for Poetry (2007) and the Anne Szumigalski Poetry Award (2006). His second book of poetry, The Mourner’s Book of Albums (2010), was published by Tightrope Books. Tysdal teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto Scarborough.