Fast Forward and Other Stories

With an economy of words, De Santis builds tension in her short stories. She has a rare talent for reproducing realistic dialogue, dialogue that allows the reader insight into the motivation of her protagonists and the people on the periphery of their world. Her intriguing stories linger in the reader's mind long after the last page has been turned. The stories by Delia De Santis, so simply written yet so intricate and complex with feelings, are like drawing a curtain to look in upon a scene filled with latent turbulence.

Delia De Santis was born in Italy and immigrated to Canada with her family when she was thirteen. Her writing has been published in magazines in Canada, England, Italy, and the USA, including The Anthology of Italian Canadian Writing (Guernica, 1998), Pillars of Lace (Guernica, 1998), In all directions (Canadian Authors Association and Fitzhenry & Whiteside), and The Many Faces of Woman (Rivercity Press, 2001). Delia De Santis is the co-editor of the anthologies Sweet Lemons: Writings with a Sicilian Accent (Legas, 2004) and Writing Beyond History: An anthology of Prose and Poetry (Cusmano 2006). She is a member of the Canadian Authors Association and the Association of Italian Canadian Writers. Delia has two passions in life: writing short fiction and looking after her garden of perennials. She has two grown sons, and lives with her husband in Bright's Grove, Ontario.