
Cameron Dick is the author of Head of the Hyena, a three-volume series that details his adventure in the rural Kenyan village of Wikondiek during the spring of 2012. He spent a semester studying abroad at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and went on to graduate from York University with a B.A. (Hons) in English and a minor in anthropology. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in Challenger International, The Furnace Review, Ascent Aspirations, North Central Review, Other Voices, The Prairie Journal, The Antigonish Review, and Verge. His poem “Anatomy of Creation” was nominated for a 2012 Small Press Pushcart Prize. His poem "Above and Beneath" placed 2nd in the 21st Annual McLaughlin College Robbie Burns Night. He was invited to read his short story "I'm Still Here" at the 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival. Having whetted his appetite for adventure in Australia and Kenya, he has since managed to get stranded in the Highlands of Iceland during a blizzard and canoe the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City. He lives in Kingston, Ontario, where he tends his backyard flock of chickens.