Vera Hadzic is a writer based on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation in Ottawa, Ontario. Her poetry chapbook, Fossils You Can Swallow, was published by Proper Tales Press in 2023. Her first full-length book of poems, Several Small Animals Enclosed in a Benedictine Monastery, was published by Anvil Press in 2025. She has an Honours BA in English and history from the University of Ottawa, and an MA in English Literature from Queen’s University. Her prose and poetry have appeared in flo., Hexagon Magazine, Bywords.ca, Okay Donkey, Kissing Dynamite, Crow & Cross Keys, and elsewhere. She has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize and for Best of the Net.