I Was Expecting Someone Taller

This is a collection of people: Nevill breaks through the flat, artificial surfaces of typical portraits and gives us colourful views of their unexpected natures.

Sue Nevill has the usual eclectic writerly background: jobs in advertising, archeological mudpits, bars, berry fields and book shops; obsessions that range from baseball to opera. Her poetry and short fiction have been appearing in Canadian, British and U.S. magazines since 1987.

Sue Nevill is the author of I Was Expecting Someone Taller, and a co-author of Quintet: Themes & Variations. Her poetry has been widely published in such Canadian literary periodicals as The Antigonish Review, CV2, Event, The Fiddlehead, Grain, The Malahat Review and The New Quarterly. Nevill’s work has appeared in many anthologies, including The Windhorse Reader: Choice Poems of 1993. A long-time resident of Vancouver, Nevill works as a freelance writer and editor.