Renée Belliveau is the author of the novels A Sense of Things Beyond and The Sound of Fire, which was named a Quill & Quire book of the year and shortlisted for the Relit Novel Award, as well as the memoir Les étoiles à l’aube. She draws inspiration from her work as an archivist, where she spends her days surrounded by records of the past. A proud acadienne from New Brunswick, she currently lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with her husband.