Deirdre Maultsaid is a writer based in Vancouver, Canada. Her writing is rich, provocative, real, and beautiful.

New in 2008: The essay, “The sun knows what it does” in the well-reviewed Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood.

Ms. Maultsaid's recently published collection of lyrical essays, This Crisis, These Blessings, is a collection of taboo-breaking essays on women's experiences of crisis, illness, rape, motherhood, housework and family travel. These gorgeous narratives of decision-making show women turning suffering into understanding, grief into poetry and tragedy into renewal. For more about this challenging, yet comforting work, see the introduction.

We welcome you to explore this site to see a list of Deirdre Maultsaid's other publications, read her bio, and hear and read her works.