Emily Donaldson is an editor, writer, and book critic whose writing and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including Toronto StarGlobe and MailNational PostThe WalrusMaclean’s, and Quill & Quire. Her work has been nominated for National Magazine Awards and for a Governor General’s Award. In 2016, she became the first female editor of Canadian Notes & Queries, Canada’s oldest magazine of literary criticism, for which she is also a long-time contributor. Born and raised in Montreal, she currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.