Originally from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Jordan Scott now lives and works in Toronto. Jordan’s first book of poetry, Silt, was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Sections of Blert have appeared in filling Station, drunken boat, and nypoesi. In the fall of 2006, Jordan worked on the final sections of Blert while acting as the writer in residence at the International Writers’ and Translators’ Centre in Rhodes, Greece.