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BERNICE FRIESEN grew up in a family of dyslexics, inventors and other divergent minds. Though she began creative life as a visual artist, her books include The Seasons Are Horses, Sex, Death, and Naked Men, and her first novel, The Book of Beasts. It was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers Trust of Canada Fiction Award, was a Globe and Mail’s top 100, and won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Fiction. Her most recent novel, Universal Disorder, came out with Freehand in 2020.

Now, if she works with her hands, its usually wearable art incorporating leather, pipe-fittings and other junk. People often ask her about them—or are afraid to ask her about them.

The curious may look at https://bernicefriesen.wordpress.com/