Paul Zits received his MA in English from the University of Calgary in 2010. His creative dissertation, and first book, Massacre Street (University of Alberta Press, 2014), won the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry at the 2014 Alberta Literary Awards. His second book, Leap-seconds (Insomniac Press, 2017), won the 2016 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Exhibit, which won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry in 2020, explores the trial of Margaret McPhail, accused of the murder of her brother in the winter of 1926. His latest collection, I Wish I Could be Peter Falk (2022), is described as a "nuanced exploration of modern masculinity and a warning of the dangers that persist when the commodification of gender goes unchecked." Zits is a Calgary-based secondary teacher.