Cathy Ostlere is a graduate of the University of Manitoba. Her creative non-fiction essays have appeared in Event and Prairie Fire literary magazines. She has been a finalist for the National Magazine Awards, Western Magazine Awards, CBC Literary Awards, Prism International Literary Nonfiction Contest, and a winner in the Event Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Her memoir, Lost, was shortlisted for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. She lives in Calgary, Alberta.