katherena vermette
Photo: © Vanda Fleury
katherena vermette (she/her) is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Treaty 1 territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Born in Winnipeg, her Michif roots on her paternal side run deep in St. Boniface, St. Norbert and beyond. Her maternal side is Mennonite from the Altona and Rosenfeld area (Treaty 1). Her first book, North End Love Songs, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Her most recent novel, The Circle, was the third and final companion to The Break and The Strangers, which garnered several literary awards. Her work for children and young adults includes a picture book, The Girl and the Wolf, and the graphic novel series A Girl Called Echo. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Manitoba. katherena lives with her kids—fur and human—in a cranky old house within skipping distance of the temperamental Red River.
