About the Author

Suzannah Showler is the author of two collections of poetry and a book of cultural criticism. She lives on the West Coast with her family.

Reviews

“Showler is a skilful, observant writer who’s good at presenting what her characters are thinking and feeling. Her language is specific and nuanced. There’s a dash of flair to her writing.”
—Bill Paul, The British Columbia Review

“Incandescent, inventive, and absurdly good-humored, Quality Time is not only a  portrait of a many-edged relationship but is also a valentine to all our youthful delusions, all the retreats and compromises we make during our swervings into adulthood. Suzannah Showler is a novelist of uncommon wisdom and walloping eloquence, a writer who can somehow conjugate every nuance of a moment.” 
—Barrett Swanson, author of Lost in Summerland

"Suzannah Showler renders a particular version of post-recession Toronto so faithfully and with such grace. That she's done so through a love (and post-love) story that also demonstrates how much the city is part of the natural world is a doubly impressive feat. Anyone familiar with the city of 2013, and how much of it we've lost since then—its closeness and lingering optimism, even in the face of civics gallows humour—needs to read this book."
—Chantal Braganza, writer and editor

"Quality Time is magnetic. After its characters draw you in, it holds you close by making Lydie's experiences feel like your own. Suzannah's writing is captivating and impossible to resist—somehow, she makes even the most well-worn and familiar settings feel like unchartered gateways to magic and adventure. I didn't (and don't) want to leave her world. All hail the Trashpandas."
—Anne T. Donahue, author of Nobody Cares

"Reading this novel, I found myself wishing that more poets wrote prose. Who else but Showler could convey love as such a hermetic vessel: one with its own language, rituals, and even time?"
—Rebecca Sacks, author of City of a Thousand Gates