Katherena Vermette
(she/her) is a Red River Métis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Vermette received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry for her first book,
North End Love Songs
. Her first novel,
The Break
, won several awards including the Amazon First Novel Award, and was a bestseller in Canada. Her second novel,
The Strangers
, won the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, named Indigo’s 2021 Book of the Year, and was a #1 national bestseller. Her work in children’s literature includes the graphic novel series
A Girl Called Echo
. Vermette lives with her family in a cranky old house within skipping distance
of the temperamental Red River.
