Charles Crosby is a produced playwright and published novelist (his debut novel, italics, mine - short-listed for the Margaret & John Savage First Book Award - was published in 2005 by Norwood Publishing. His new novel, Backspin is now out.) In 2002 he was Writer in Residence at Mulgrave Rd. Theatre in Guysborough, Nova Scotia.In addition to creative writing Charles Crosby was a founding partner in Pavonis Limited, and is a former Director of Communications for Neptune Theatre in Halifax and Director of Communications and Marketing for the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He is currently Manager of Media Relations at Dalhousie University in Halifax