Rod Schumacher is an English instructor at Red Deer College in Alberta, where he teaches Creative Writing. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications including The Fiddlehead, The New Quarterly, Pottersfied Portfolio and Cracked Wheat: An Anthology of Prairie Humour. Tired of big city narratives, Schumacher is currently devoted to western storytelling, representing the regional experiences of small-town people. Habits and Love is his first book.