Mireille Silcoff is the author of four books, including the award-winning story collection Chez L’arabe. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, and was a Weekend culture columnist at the National Post for over a decade. Mireille is the founding editor of literary journal Guilt & Pleasure Quarterly and for many years, ran a raucous discussion salon in Toronto. She is currently finishing her next work, the book-length essay about our souls and our homes, called On Interiors. She lives in Montreal with her two young daughters.