Catherine Bush is the author of five novels, including Blaze Island (2020), a Globe & Mail Best Book, and The Rules of Engagement (2000), a New York Times Notable Book. Her books have been shortlisted for the Trillium Prize, City of Toronto Book Award, and Books in Canada First Novel Award. She was the 2024 Writer-in-Residence at the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society in Munich and a 2019 Fiction Meets Science Fellow, also in Germany.