Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is a Nigerian-Canadian author and academic currently working as an assistant professor of English at the University of Calgary. An alumnus of the International Writing Program (USA), Uche has been a resident writer in India, Switzerland, and Italy. He has won national and international awards for his poetry, prose, and literary criticism. He has interviewed over 20 Canadian poets and writers, has served as a juror in literary competitions, and mentor with the Writers Guild of Alberta. He currently resides in Calgary, Alberta, with his family, where he continues to contribute to the advancement of African and Canadian literature.