Margaret Sweatman is a playwright, performer, and the author of six award-winning novels. Praised for writing that “flows as smoothly as a muscular northern river, with a stunning control of voice” (Globe and Mail). Her novels consistently braid the political with the personal, and reflect her obsession with the unequal power between men and women, and between the rich and the poor. Prior to The Gunsmith’s Daughter, Margaret Sweatman has published five novels: Fox, Sam and Angie, When Alice Lay Down with Peter, The Players, and Mr. Jones. A singer and harmonica player, she has performed with orchestras, new music and jazz ensembles, as well as her own Broken Songs Band. Her plays have been produced by Prairie Theatre Exchange, Popular Theatre Alliance, and the Guelph Spring Festival. She lives in Winnipeg.