Raised in the Commercial Drive area of Vancouver, Gary Geddes is an acclaimed and award-winning writer, poet, editor and critic. He has written and edited more than 30 books, including the bestselling Sailing Home, and Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things. Geddes is one of the most influential literary editors in British Columbia. His honours include over a dozen national and international awards, among them the Commonwealth poetry regional prize and the Gabriela Mistral Prize.