Violet Nesdoly grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, the oldest of nine children. She learned early the pleasure of immersing herself in the words of others — a perfect way to avoid the noise and big-sister responsibilities of a large family. That soon morphed into a desire to try her hand at writing, resulting in publication ("way back when," Violet says) in the Western Producer’s Young Co-Operator’s page. She came back to writing in general and poetry in particular a decade or so ago and has now published two books of poems — Calendar and Family Reunion — and watched her work appear in many publications, including Capper’s, The Prairie Messenger, Good Times, Vogue Patterns, Time of Singing, and others. Her first novel, Destiny's Hands, was released this summer from Word Alive Press. Violet lives in Langley, British Columbia, and makes a practice of never leaving home without her camera. Find out more about her at violetnesdoly.com.