Ibi Kaslik is a novelist and poet. A graduate of Concordia University, she holds both a BA (with distinction) with a Major in Creative Writing, and a Master of Arts in English from that institution. She teaches creative writing and English in Montreal, and writes regularly for a number of publications, including the Globe and Mail, Matrix, and Hour.

More information can be found about Ibi on her website:
www.ibikaslik.net

Forthcoming:

The Angel Riots
(Penguin Group, Canada, 2008)

Novels:

Skinny
(HarperCollinsCanada (2004), Harper Perennial (2005); U.S.: Walker & Company (2006); A/NZ: Text Publishing (2007); Netherlands: AW Bruna (2007); Israel: Yanshuf Publishers (2007); Russia: Centrepolygraph (2008) French: Editions Intervista (2008) )

• Shortlisted, Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award
• Shortlisted, 2005 Young Adult Canadian Book Award
  Canadian Library Association

Awards:

• Finalist, CBC Short Story Competition (Quebec), 2004
  
  
• Finalist, Writer’s Union of Canada Short Prose
  Competition for Developing Writers, 1999
  
  
• Winner, Irving Layton Award for Prose, 1995
  
  
• Winner, Irving Layton Award for Poetry, 1994

Quotes:

“Kaslik is a talented storyteller. This book captured something visceral and alive in every family: the power of its secrets and how we can choose to be either haunted or healed by them.”
     - The Georgia Straight

“Skinny is arguably one of the most elegant, beautifully written novels about female self-immolation to come out in a long time.”
     - Montreal Mirror

“The book's emotional grip is fierce, and the hunger of its characters for love and understanding is compelling. By telling her story through shifting perspectives, Kaslik pinpoints a sense of alienation unique to being lost and disconnected among those who love you, and whom you love.”
     - EYE