Rayya Liebich (she/her) is a Canadian author and educator of Lebanese and Polish descent. Winner of the Richard Carver Award for Emerging Writers (2019), The Geneva Literary Award (2015), and The Golden Grassroots Chapbook Award (2015) her writing has appeared in The Capilano Review, R.K.V.R.Y Journal, Wordworks Magazine, and elsewhere. Her debut full-length poetry collection MIN HAYATI was released in 2021 by Inanna Publications (Toronto). She holds a degree in English Literature from McGill and a B. Ed from the University of Victoria. Passionate about writing as a tool for transformation and changing the discourse on grief, she teaches poetry and genre-bending CNF to youth and adults in beautiful Nelson, BC.