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Simone Poirier-Bures is the author of three books: Candyman, a novel set in her native Nova Scotia; That Shining Place, an award-winning memoir of Crete; and Nicole, short stories and memoir about growing up female and Acadian. Her work has been published in numerous journals and anthologies, including We Write For Our Own Time: Selected Essays From 75 Years of the Virginia Quarterly Review. She teaches writing at Virginia Tech and is currently working on a travel memoir about Kyrgyzstan.