Helen Knode put her experiences as a staff writer and film critic for the L.A. Weekly into her novel The Ticket Out. She was born in Calgary, Alberta, heart of the Canadian oil bus...view moreHelen Knode put her experiences as a staff writer and film critic for the L.A. Weekly into her novel The Ticket Out. She was born in Calgary, Alberta, heart of the Canadian oil business, and Knodes have worked in oil since the nineteenth century, a history that inspired her novel Wildcat Play.view less