Angie Abdou is a fiction writer and teacher who has a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Calgary.  BC BookWorld called her short story collection, Anything Boys Can Do (2006), an "extraordinary literary debut" and the Victoria Times Colonist commended its orginal take on female sexuality.   The Globe and Mail praised her first novel, The Bone Cage (2007), for its "beautiful writing" and The Quill & Quire called it "vivid, intense, and authentic."  The Kootenay Library Federation chose The Bone Cage as the official book for the inaugral "One Book One Kootenay" reading series.  The Bone Cage is also taught in university-level Sport Lit courses across the continent and was included on Canadian Literature's "All-Time Top Ten List of Best Canadian Sport Literature."  Angie's second novel, a black comedy about mountain culture, is forthcoming from Brindle & Glass Press (Spring 2011). Angie has nearly twenty years of teaching experience and has been involved in writing programs throughout the country.  She was raised in Moose Jaw, SK and now lives in Fernie, BC with her husband and two children.  She teaches at the College of the Rockies.