Rae Spoon is a trans musician/writer/workshop facilitator originally from Calgary, Canada. Rae is the author of the Lambda Literary Award finalist First Spring Grass Fire, and co-author (with Ivan E. Coyote) of Gender Failure. As a musician, Rae has been nominated for a Polaris Prize, toured internationally, and released six solo albums. Rae is also the subject of a National Film Board documentary entitled My Prairie Home (2013), which screened at film festivals internationally, including the Sundance 2014 Film Festival.