Ryan Di Francesco (he/him) is a Canadian writer, teacher, and editor based in Ontario. His work has appeared in over forty literary journals and anthologies, including Acta Victoriana, Pacific Review, Soliloquies Anthology, and Pinhole Poetry. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Shadow and Sax, an independent literary and arts press. His chapbooks include Skeleton Mine Disaster (Bottlecap Press) and The Paper Hound and Canadian Classic (Alien Buddha Press). He was shortlisted for the Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize.