ANNE KATZ is the sexuality counselor at CancerCare Manitoba and an adjunct professor at the University of Manitoba. She is an active member of The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). Dr Katz is the editor of Nursing for Women's Health and writes a column called Sexually Speaking in the American Journal of Nursing. She is the author of the award-winning textbook Breaking the Silence on Cancer and Sexuality as well as Woman Cancer Sex. Katz has given lectures across North America on the topic of sexuality and illness.