Kate Braid worked as a receptionist, secretary, teachers aide, lumber piler, construction labourer, apprentice and journey-carpenter before finally settling down as a teacher. She has taught construction and creative writing, the latter in workshops and also at SFU, UBC and for ten years at Vancouver Island University (previously Malaspina University-College). In 2015 she was awarded the Mayor of Vancouvers Award for the Literary Arts for showing leadership and support for Vancouvers cultural community, and in 2016 she received the Pandoras Collective BC Writers Mentor Award. She lives in Victoria and on Pender Island with her partner. See www.katebraid.com for further information.
