Alexis Marie Chute wears many hats: author, artist, filmmaker, international public speaker, art curator. She’s an outside-the-box thinker, a multi-award-winning storyteller, and passionate cultural connector. Alexis Marie Chute is the author of The 8th Island Trilogy, including books Above the Star, Below the Moon, and Inside the Sun. She is also the author of the bestselling memoir Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing and Pregnancy After Loss, and is the director-screenwriter of its accompanying documentary film, which has been screened internationally. Alexis Marie Chute’s artwork is represented by the AR&S Gallery at the Art Gallery of Alberta. She is Founder and Curator of InFocus Photo Exhibit, and Curator of the Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel and the Multicultural Heritage Centre. Alexis Marie Chute has her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design, and her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She is not a winter person but lives in the frosty city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with her husband and their three living children. You can find her online: www.AlexisMarieChute.com Insta: @alexismariechute Twitter: @_Alexis_Marie