Carolyn Joan Clink
was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in 1958. She lived in Ralston, Alberta, until she was five. From 1964 to 1970, she lived in West Hartford, Connecticut, then settled with her family in Toronto, Ontario.
Carolyn is an accomplished poet who now lives in Mississauga (just west of Toronto) with her husband, science-fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer. They met October 17, 1975, in their high-school science-fiction club, NASFA (of which Rob was co-founder), and were married on December 22, 1984, in a small ceremony at Carolyn's parents' house. Carolyn is the oldest of five children; her brother David Livingstone Clink is also a widely published poet.
Her poems have also appeared in many mainstream publications, including: Analog, Dalhousie Review, Poetry Toronto, White Wall Review, Hart House Review, Hazmat, Nōd, Gusts, and Sijo West. She was the $500 prizewinner in McClelland & Stewart's "Celebrate Our City" contest, honouring Toronto's sesquicentennial, and the First Prize winner in Poetry Toronto's "Father's Day" contest.
Carolyn's poems are collected in three chapbooks:
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