Mansel Robinson was born in Chapleau, Northern Ontario on the 9 May 1955. He has a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario (1980) and a M.A. from Concordia University (1992) both in English Literature. Mr. Robinson is a well known Canadian playwright whose plays have met with critical acclaim. His staged works include Bite the Hand, Collateral Damage, Colonial Tongues, Downsizing Democracy, Ghost Trains, The Heart as It Lived, Picking up Chekhov, Scorched Ice, Spitting Slag, and Street Wheat. He has also published Slag, a book of short fiction and poetry. In addition to his writing, Robinson was been writer in residence at the University of Windsor, the Berton House in Dawson City and Northern Light Theatre in Edmonton. He was the 2005/06 writer in residence at the Regina Public Library.