Avelina da Silveira

Avelina da Silveira is Portuguese Canadian artist, a poet, and a writer of speculative fiction. She was born is Angola, Africa, lived in different countries, but stayed the longest in Canada where she completed her education and worked as a teacher for three decades. After retirement, Avelina moved to Portugal, island of São Miguel in the Azores, where she is living her best life. Avelina has two loving children and two grandchildren who live in Canada, so she misses them. Although she lives alone with Cloud, her delightful cat, Avelina thrives surrounded by the most wonderful friends a woman can have. Avelina da Silveira dedicates her life to creative pursuits and to making a difference in her community through volunteering and being politically active as one of the leaders of the Left Bloc in the Azores (a political party). For Avelina, writing is a process of constant creativity and joy. She laughs and weeps with her characters, while the stories or poems evolve organically. The revision and editing processes are also fun and give her a sense of accomplishment.