About Love

Anton Chekhov: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian author and playwright, is considered one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature.David Helwig: David Helwig (1938-) is the author of 20 volumes of fiction and 14 volumes of poetry. Officer of the Order of Canada and former poet laureate of Prince Edward Island, Helwig has worked as a teacher, journalist, screenwriter, editor, and literary critic. The Toronto-born writer served for years on Canada’s most prestigious literary juries, and now resides in Eldon, PEI. Previous translations of Chekov include Last Stories (Oberon 1991).Seth: Seth is a cartoonist and designer. His books include George Sprott, Wimbledon Green, and Palookaville. He is the designer for The Complete Peanuts and the John Stanley Library and Doug Wright, Canada’s Master Cartoonist. His latest book is The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists. In 2012 he will be designing a special 50th anniversary edition of Stephen Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a LittleTown. He lives by the railroad bridge in Guelph, Ontario with his wife and two cats.