Donna Morrissey is the award-winning author of five novels - Kit's Law, Downhill Chance, Sylvanus Now, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, What They Wanted, and The Deception of Livvy Higgs - as well as the Gemini Award-winning screenplay Clothesline Patch. Morrissey grew up in The Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland, and now lives in Halifax, Canada.