Fearless in form, 8 × 10 casts aside traditional narrative structure and characterization to delve deeper into the issues gnawing at today's global society. Through a sequence of possibly intertwined events, the author creates a challenging portrait of our modern age, drawing solely on the actions of people rather than their appearance - whether advertising executives or soldiers, tailors or doctors - they fall in love, have children, fight in wars, and flee their homes. In 8 × 10 there are no names, no racial or ethnic characteristics, and only a vague sense of time. Michael Turner's first book, Company Town, was nominated for the 1992 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. His second book, Hard Core Logo, was made into an acclaimed feature film and his screenplay-cum-novel, American Whiskey Bar, was produced as a live television special on CityTV in 1998. He lives in Vancouver.