of great talent and sensitivity . . ." Pinder's inspiration for the story was a rumour about a hidden relationship between two of her own family members. Illegitimacy is a recurring theme in her work and a stand-in for one's feelings of being an outsider. The inspiration for Pinder's second novel On Double Tracks (1988, short-listed for the 1990 Canadian Governor General's Award for English Fiction) came, in part, from the treatment she received by the judge hearing one of her native land claims cases. In the novel, a young woman lawyer goes to court to reclaim land for a native Band, but from the outset of the trial, things go badly, and a disturbing level of confrontation builds. When the young lawyer and the aging judge journey back to their childhoods, it becomes clear that the courtroom drama merely brushes the surface of both wider and more personal dramas. Both characters head for psychological crises, but only one survives the wreckage. In both novels, Pinder uses the courtroom as a forum of conflict and disclosure, a place where truth can be told, but not without revealing tragic flaws. Pinder's work explores the currency of secrets, particularly when two or more people conspire to keep them: the currency of intimacy, solidarity and allegiance, but in reality, secrets as the termites gnawing at the foundations of families and lives until their structures are destroyed. Pinder's writing style has been compared to Faulkner in its depiction of the fictional unconscious, her prose both stark and subtle, intense and compassionate. Novels Under the House. Vancouver: Talon Books, 1986. Bloomsbury Publishing put out the first hardcover printing in the U.K. This was followed by an edition in the U.S., a translation into Finnish, softcover by Faber & Faber and finally another Random House Vintage edition in Canada. This novel has been revised and re-published by Shelfstealers, Inc. as an ebook and trade paperback (2012) with the audio book to be released in 2013. On Double Tracks. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys (Canada) and Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 1990. Short-listed for the Canadian Governor General's Award for Fiction in 1990. In 1991 softcover rights were sold to Random House in Canada. To be re-published in e-book and audio book formats by Shelfstealers, LLC, in 2011. Bring Me One of Everything. Grey Swan Press, 2012 Chapbook The Carriers of No - Vancouver: Lazara Press, 1991. Selected writings