Max Vandersteen

Max Vandersteen is a retired pipefitter from Edmonton who resumed writing poetry after a career in the petrochemical industry. His work explores social justice themes including reconciliation, environmental consequences of resource use, and global community action. He is President of the Edmonton Stroll of Poets Society and Edmonton Representative for The Ontario Poetry Society. Vandersteen has published three poetry collections—Iguanas of El Ray (2013), Fair Play (2016), and Work of Words (2020)—with poems in numerous anthologies, and has received multiple honorable mentions and a Judges' Choice award.