Mooréa Gray holds degrees in English literature and education. Along with raising her family, teaching, and writing children’s stories (unpublished), Mooréa has dedicated much of the last decade to researching the Icelandic-Canadian poet Stephan G. Stephansson. Mooréa is the editor of Looking Back over My Shoulder: a Memoir by Rosa Siglaug Benediktson (Benson Ranch, 2008). Mooréa is a native of Calgary, Alberta, where she lives with her family.