I actually contact Alta Ifland to compliment her on her collection. During our brief correspondence, I asked in what language she had originally written Voice of Ice, Voix de Glace – French or English. Contrary to my original assumption, she assured me that French was the original language – sort of. Many of the pieces were essentially written simultaneously – the French and English, I mean. She also said that she has given up (for the moment) writing in French.