CHRISTIAN MCEWEN was born in London and grew up in the Borders of Scotland. Her most recent book, also with Bauhan Publishing, is The Tortoise Diaries: Daily Meditations on Creativity and Slowing Down. McEwen's poems and essays have been widely published, and she has taught poetry, environmental literature, and creative writing at a number of different venues, including The Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, Williams College, Smith College, and Lesley University. She has been a Fellow several times at the Yaddo and MacDowell colonies, and lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.