Robyn Maynard is an author and scholar based in Toronto, where she holds the position of Assistant Professor of Black Feminisms in Canada at the University of Toronto Scarborough in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies. Her writing on borders, policing, abolition and Black feminism is taught widely in universities across Canada, the United States and Europe. Maynard is the author of two books. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (Fernwood 2017) is a national bestseller, designated as one of the "best 100 books of 2017" by the Hill Times, listed in The Walrus's "best books of 2018," and translated into French. Rehearsals for Living (Knopt/Haymarket, 2022) co-authored with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, is a Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and CBC National Bestseller and was shortlisted for a Governor General's Award for literary non-fiction. Additional writing by Maynard has appeared in The Washington Post, World Policy Journal, Toronto Star, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Canadian Woman Studies, Critical Ethnic Studies Journal, Scholar & Feminist Journal and numerous book anthologies.