Ivan E. Coyote is a writer and performer. She is the author of six books published by Arsenal Pulp Press: the five story collections Close to Spider Man, (shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Short Fiction Prize), One Man's Trash, and Loose End (shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Women's Fiction Award), The Slow Fix (shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award), and Missed Her, as well as the novel Bow Grip (also shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Women's Fiction Award and named a Stonewall Honor Book by the American Library Association). Ivan is also the co-editor of Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme. She was also a founding member of the performance collective Taste This. She is a long-time columnist for Xtra! in Toronto and Xtra! West in Vancouver. Originally from the Yukon, Ivan is a longtime resident of Vancouver.

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