Chantal Beaulne was born in Calgary, Alberta at a very young age. She grew up immersed in high quantities of speculative fiction in the form of books, ghost stories, films, and NFB specials. This caused irreversible damage to her reality perceptors, making it impossible to achieve her dream of becoming a professional lint collection appraiser or the Chairwoman of the Domestic Appliances Appreciation Society. Instead, she settled for becoming an animator, following that passion to Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. In the few moments not dedicated to pursuing animation, she splits her time between the pen and the sword as a fencer and short story author.