L.E. Vollick was born in Parry Sound, Ontario, and lived in Edmonton before relocating to Toronto and Montreal. She received a B.A. in creative writing and women's studies from York University, and an M.A. in the creative writing stream of English at Concordia University, Montreal. Currently she is a Ph.d candidate in English at McGill University. Vollick has published poetry and fiction in The WIER Tap Anthology (1992), dig: a journal for poetry (1994), Existere Magazine (1992-94), and The Headlight Anthology (1999, 2000). A chapter of The Originals appeared in Matrix Magazine (Fall, 2000). She was awarded first prize in the 1997 Robbie Burns Poetry Contest out of York University. The Originals is her first novel.
