Seymour Mayne is the author, editor or translator of more than sixty books. His writings have been translated into many languages, including French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. His latest collections include Ricochet: Word Sonnets/Sonnets d’un mot – 2011, a bilingual edition of his word sonnets, and The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories – 2012, a volume of his selected short fiction.  As a fervent and leading international innovator of the word sonnet, he has given readings and lectured widely abroad and in Canada on this unique new ‘miniature’ form.