John Calabro is an educator, publisher, cultural entrepreneur, and fiction writer. His first novella, Bellecour, was published in 2005 by Guernica Editions and named by the Globe and Mail First Fiction Reviewer as one of the Top 5 First Fiction in 2005. Calabro's short stories, essays and reviews have appeared in many journals and anthologies. His second novella, The Cousin, was published in 2009 by Quattro Books, and its French translation, Le Cousin, was shortlisted for a Governor General's Award.