Rachel Rose

In 2011, Rose and composer Leslie Uyeda were commissioned by the Queer Arts Festival in Vancouver to write the libretto for Canada's first lesbian opera, ''When The Sun Comes Out'', which premiered in August 2013 in Vancouver and in Toronto in June 2014.
Rose was Vancouver's Poet Laureate from 2014 to 2017.
Rose's short story collection ''The Octopus has Three Hearts'' was nominated for the 2021 Giller Prize. Provided by Wikipedia