David Manicom has published five collections of poetry, including Desert Rose, Butterfly Storm; The Burning Eaves; the award-winning Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire; a collection of short fiction; and, most recently, two novels, The School at Chartres and Anna’s Shadow. Raised in rural Ontario, Manicom’s Canadian address has been in Quebec for the past twenty-five years. After postings to Moscow, Islamabad, Beijing and Geneva, he and his family currently live and work in New Delhi, India.