Sophie Kohn is a creative nonfiction and humour writer in Nelson, British Columbia. She teaches satire writing for The Second City and runs a therapeutic writing workshop called Brave New Word. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Outpost Magazine, McSweeney's, the Globe and Mail, Reader's Digest, on CBC Radio, and on NPR. She has been a finalist for a National Magazine Award as well as the runner-up for the International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir. She is happiest in the forest with hot chocolate, a campfire, some stringed instruments, and good friends.