Pat Sullivan was born in London, U.K. and raised in Cornwall, Ontario. She studied English and Art History at York University and went on to pursue a master's degree in Art History at Queen's. She worked as an educator at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto and at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston before retiring in 2017. In the Frame is her first novel. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Image courtesy of Tamea Burd Photography.)