Julie Mannell is an author of poetry, prose, and essays. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Mannell is the recipient of the Constance Rooke/HarperCollins Scholarship, the Mona Adilman Poetry Prize, and the Lionel Shapiro Award for Excellency in Creative Writing. She's lived in both Fonthill, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec but currently resides in Toronto.