ryan fitzpatrick is the author of four previous books of poetry, including Sunny Ways (Invisible, 2023) and Coast Mountain Foot (Talonbooks, 2021). Their creative nonfiction book Ace Theory, an essay-in-fragments about asexuality, will be published by Book*Hug in 2026. They are a former editor at filling Station magazine and helped organize the Flywheel reading series. They were the 2024–2025 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta. You can find them at ryanfitzpatrick.ca. They live in Calgary.