Born in Chicago, Susan Kerslake has lived in Halifax since 1966. Her previous books include Middlewatch (Oberon 1976), Penumbra (Mercury 1984), Blind Date (Potterfield 1989) and Book of Fears (Ragweed 1984) which was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award. For over twenty years she has worked as a volunteer with children with cystic fibrosis. Seasoning Fever is her first novel in twelve years.