(HarperCollins 2002 pb)
Born in Nipawin, SK, Sharon (Annette) Butala (1940-) has taught English in SK, BC, and Halifax. A literary conservationist, she moved to a ranch near Eastend and created the Wallace Stegner House Residence for Artists (his childhood home) and helped create the Old Man on His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area. She has also written several books of meditative, reflective non-fiction and now lives in Calgary.