<p class="biography"><strong>Aaron Shepard</strong> has written award-winning short fiction and has been published in a number of Canadian literary journals, including the <I>Fiddlehead</i> and <I>PRISM International</i>. His personal essay “Edge of the Herd” appears in the anthology <i>Nobody’s Father: Life Without Kids</i>. He is a graduate of the University of Victoria’s MFA in Creative Writing program, and has served on the fiction board of the <i>Malahat Review</i>. An avid outdoorsman, Aaron enjoys hiking, camping, birdwatching, and cross-country skiing in his spare time. <I>When is a Man</i> is his debut novel. Follow Aaron on Twitter at @AaronWhen.</p>