After many years mired in the middle-management muddle of transnational corporations, Mark is now a writer and an educator. He's taught writing (creative, academic, and professional) at Dalhousie University in Halifax, UBC – Okanagan in Kelowna, Alberta College of Art + Design, University of Calgary, and on-line in cyberspace. His first book Knucklehead & Other Stories was honoured with the W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Award. His book Seep has been shortlisted for the 2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award. His writing—fiction, poetry, and non-fiction—has appeared in magazines in both Canada and the U.S.A. Saskatchewan-born, Edmonton-raised, with stops in Victoria, Kelowna, Montreal, and Halifax, W. Mark Giles now calls Turtle Island (Calgary), Alberta home.