Nicola Harwood is a writer, theatre and interdisciplinary artist. Recent projects include the Squaw Hall Project with urban ink productions of Vancouver, Canada; the libretto of the opera KHAOS; and Salmon Row, a site-specific work commissioned by Mortal Coil Performance Society of Vancouver. She is currently working with an interdisciplinary team of artists to create High Muck-a-Muck: Playing Chinese, an interactive website and live event. She misses open highways, thumb in the air, trembling with uncertainty in a cold, grey dawn.