Ali­son Pick is the author of the best­selling Cana­di­an mem­oir Between Gods, short-list­ed for the BC Award for Non-Fic­tion. Her nov­el Far to Go won the Cana­di­an Jew­ish Book Award and was nom­i­nat­ed for the pres­ti­gious Man Book­er Prize. Ali­son also won the Bron­wen Wal­lace Award for most promis­ing writer under 35 in Cana­da. She lives in Toronto.