Pelley, Chad: - Chad is an anthologized, award-winning writer from St. John's, Newfoundland. Most recently, he won the NLAC's CBC Emerging Artist of the Year award, the 2009 Cuffer Prize for short fiction, and was shortlisted for the Canadian Authors Association (CAA) Emerging Writer of the Year award. His debut novel, Away from Everywhere (2009), was a Coles bestseller and a most-requested title at Chapters in St. John's. He also sits on the board of directors at the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland & Labrador, runs SaltyInk.com: A Spotlight on Atlantic Canadian Writers, and has written for a variety of publications, such as The Telegram and Atlantic Books Today.