Vera Constantineau is the former Poet Laureate of Greater Sudbury. She is an internationally published, award-winning haiku poet and short fiction writer. Previously, from 1994 to 2007, Vera wrote a slice of life humour column for a variety of Northern weekly newspapers.

Vera is a long- time member of the Sudbury Writers’ Guild, a member of Haiku Canada, the Haiku Society of America, NOWW and a charter member of the Manitoulin Writers Circle.