Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Janice Williamson grew up in Pickering, Ontario and earned her PhD from York University. Her published works include Tell Tale Signs: fictions(Turnstone press, 1991), several chapbooks including, Altitude X 2(disOrientation Press, 1992), :a boy named (arsonist auntie, 1996) -winner of the bpNichol Chapbook Award, and Crybaby! (NeWest Press, 1998).