Luke R. J. Maynard is a writer, poet, scholar, lapsed medievalist, musician, and wearer of sundry other hats in the arts & letters. Born in London, Ontario, Canada, he received his PhD in English Literature from the University of Victoria in 2013, and his Juris Doctor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law in 2019. Luke's first CD, Desolation Sound, was released in June of 2018. The Season of the Ploughis his first novel. Luke currently lives in Toronto.