Elee Kraljii Gardiner

Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the author of two poetry books, Trauma Head (Anvil Press, 2018) and serpentine loop (Anvil Press, 2016). She is editor of the anthologies Against Death: 35 Essays on Living (Anvil Press, 2019) and V6A: Writing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012) and nine anthologies from Thursdays Writing Collective, a program she founded with Downtown Eastside writers. She is also author of the chapbooks Trauma Head: the medical file (Otter Press, 2017) and Residence (Otter Press, 2023).

Originally from Boston, Elee lives in Vancouver, where she directs Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, a program pairing authors with mentors. She serves as the seventh Poet Laureate of Vancouver until the conclusion of 2028 and is focusing on sound-related projects