Rachel A. Rosen is an activist, graphic designer, and for her sins, a high school teacher. In a previous life, she published two long-running anarchist 'zines and designed the uniform for the Christie Pits Hardball League.She has written for Atlas Obscura, The Humanist In Canada, Culture and the State, and Exit Device. In her non-existent spare time, she designs book covers.She lives in Toronto, where she is the harried personal assistant to two cats. Cascade, is her first novel. Visit her website at www.RachelRosen.ca.