Kerry Clare is editor of the essay anthology, The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood, and author of "Love is a Let-Down", which was shortlisted for a National Magazine Award and appeared in Best Canadian Essays 2011. Her short fiction, essays and reviews have appeared recently in The New Quarterly, The Toronto Review of Books, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Prairie Fire, and Chatelaine. She lives in Toronto and writes about books and reading at her blog, Pickle Me This.