Silvia Moreno-Garcia 
This Strange Way of Dying [PDF ebook] 

"Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination, " Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of eight books, and has edited the critically acclaimed anthologies Dead North: Canadian Zombie Fiction and Fractured: Tales of the Canadian Post-Apocalypse (Exile Editions). Silvia is a publisher of Innsmouth Free Press, as well as being a columnist for the Washington Post. She holds an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia. This Strange Way of Dying was a finalist for the Sunburst Award for Adult Fiction.