Desi Di Nardo is a poet and author in Toronto whose work has been published in numerous North American and international journals and anthologies including the Literary Review of Canada, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Academic Matters, and Descant. Her poetry has been performed at the National Arts Centre, featured in Poetry on the Way on the Toronto Transit Commission, and displayed in the Official Residences of Canada. Desi's poems have been translated into several languages, studied in schools across Canada, and printed on Starbucks cups. Desi has also worked as an English professor at George Brown College and as a writer-in-residence at Loretto College.

Her new book of poetry is titled The Plural of Some Things
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Desi actively promotes poetry among students, youths, and adults within the community. She hosts numerous poetry workshops and readings throughout the year in schools, libraries, the Hospital for Sick Children, McNally Robinson Booksellers, and other arts and community venues.

Desi holds a degree from the University of Toronto in English literature. Aside from her passion for writing, she is deeply devoted to the rights and welfare of animals and is a member of PETA and the SPCA. She is also a member of the League of Canadian Poets. In her leisure she devotes her time to running and painting. Her favourite writers are Gwendolyn MacEwen and Alice Munro.