Lauren Peat is a poet, translator, and educator. Her work has appeared in journals such as Asymptote, No Tokens, and World Literature Today, and is featured in the repertoire of acclaimed vocal ensembles across Canada. Her debut poetry chapbook, Future Tense, is forthcoming from Baseline Press in Fall 2024.

Translation Editor of the online poetry magazine Volume, she has lectured and/or led workshops at Boston University, Brandeis University, and the University of Toronto, and taught creative writing to high school students in Canada, the United States, and France.

In other lives, she toured internationally with an award-winning chamber choir, waited tables at the foot of a 12th century château, and worked as an interpreter for a film festival in southern Mexico.

She lives in Vancouver, Canada, where she teaches high school philosophy in French.