Suzanne Buffam’s first collection of poetry, Past Imperfect, won the Gerald Lampert Award. Her second collection of poetry, The Irrationalist, was named a finalist for the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize. Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, and Slovenian. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.

A Pillow Book is one of the most finely controlled, subtly structured books of Canadian poetry in recent memory... - Emma Healey, Globe and Mail

Suzanne Buffam’s third poetry collection, A Pillow Book (House of Anansi), takes the reader into the haze-filled world of the insomniac, turning the half-muddled thoughts of sleepless-ness into irreverent, sharp and meditative poems. - Maisonneuve

Buffam’s pillow may not inspire sleep, but it does inspire smart, relevant writing. - Arc Poetry Magazine