ELEE KRALJII GARDINER is an author, editor, and creative mentor living in Vancouver, Canada. She is the author of two poetry books, Trauma Head, winner of the Cogswell Award for Literary Excellence and a finalist for the Souster Award, and serpentine loop, also nominated for the Souster Award. She is editor of the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A frequent collaborator with choreographers, musicians, sound and visual artists, Elee is currently collaborating with nature via a series of durational art installations that investigate the law of thermodynamics and cultural ideas regarding the passing of time. eleekg.com