John Arendt has worked as a journalist for more than 30 years. He has a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Journalism degree from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of Winnipeg. He has been at the Summerland Review since 1994. In his spare time, he writes creatively and has had some of his short fiction published in British Columbia and internationally.