Patricia RobertsonPatricia Robertson was born in England, near Manchester, and emigrated to Kitamat, B. C. when she was still very young. A City of Orphans is her first collection, though several of these stories have previously appeared in Quarry, Matrix, and the Second Macmillan Anthology. City of Orphans was a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize awarded to the best novel or story collection written by a British Columbia writer. Past winners have included