Emily Urquhart is a journalist with a doctorate in folklore and draws on both backgrounds in her writing. She won a National Magazine Award for her work, which has appeared in Azure, Hakai Magazine, Reader’s Digest and The Walrus. Her first book, Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes, was a Globe and Mail Best Book and was shortlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. She lives in Kitchener, Ontario with her husband and two children. Photo by Andrew Trant.
