CHRISTIAN GUAY-POLIQUIN was born just north of the U.S. border in Saint-Armand, Québec, in 1982. His first novel, Le fil des kilomètres, was published by both La Peuplade and Bibliothèque québécoise in Québec, and by Phébus in France. It appeared in English as Running on Fumes (Talonbooks, 2016). The Weight of Snow is being translated into nine languages (including Spanish, Italian, German, and Czech) and is enjoying great public and critical success in France and Québec.