CARLA LUCHETTA is a writer, journalist, editor, television broadcaster and producer. Her work appears in The Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, National Post, Vancouver Sun, More magazine, CTV.ca, and yongestreetmedia.ca, and she is the co-author of Mamma Mia! Good Italian Girls Talk Back (ECW Press, 2004). She has produced television for CTV, CBC, and CityTV, and contributed on-air essays to TVO’s The Agenda. She has worked in public relations at various arts and media outlets, including Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall, the International Festival of Authors, and Bravo! Arts Channel, and has hosted readings atWord on the Street and independent author events. She keeps a blog at www.carlamarialucchetta.com, where she writes about news, arts, literature, culture, and the writing life.