Carrie Mac

CARRIE MAC was born and raised in small town British Columbia. She lived and worked as a paramedic in Pemberton, which is the inspiration for the location of Last Winter. She quit the ambulance service to homeschool her two children. Mac is the author of several award-winning novels for teen readers, and as a queer author, proudly writes for marginalized youth. She’s won the CBC Non-Fiction prize, as well as a BC Book Prize. While Last Winter is entirely fiction, she does bring her lived experience as a paramedic, as a widow, and as a parent living with Bipolar 1 to the story. She has taught creative writing across ages and venues for two decades, and has recently completed her MFA from UBC’s School of Creative Writing. She lives in East Vancouver.