Kasia Van Schaik was born in South Africa, raised in BC, and have lived in Toronto, Berlin, and Montreal, where she earned a doctorate from McGill. She is currently an assistant professor of English and the co-director of Creative Writing at UNB. Her books include the Giller-nominated story collection We Have Never Lived on Earth (2022), the poetry chapbook, Sea Burial Laws According to Country (2018), and the co-edited essay collection, Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge (2025). Her writing has appeared in Electric Literature, the LA Review of Books, Geist, Maisonneuve Magazine, and the CBC. She has read and presented work at literary festivals including the Blue Metropolis and Quebec City’s Imagination Festival. Forthcoming in February 2026, Women Among Monuments is her debut nonfiction book.
