Laurie Mackie is an emerging writer and artist who resides in Kamloops, British Columbia. She is a graduate of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Bachelor of Arts Creative Writing program. Her favoured topics focus on social and women's issues in the genres of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Laurie's poetry has been in numerous publications, including the University of Regina and Sue Goyette's anthology Resistance: Righteous Rage in the Age of #MeToo. Crossing to Jordan is her first completed manuscript and she is currently at work on a non-fiction book titled Letters to Jeannie.