Originally from Vancouver, Claire Russell is a Montreal based writer whose recent work has been in the genres of flash fiction and creative nonfiction, appearing in High Shelf Press and The Good Men Project. Claire’s work looks at the idiosyncrasies of human behavior, the responses to various forms of violence and trauma, and the compensatory power of art. Claire teaches writing and English Literature and Language at John Abbott College in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. She lives in Verdun with her partner and children.