Michelle Porter

Michelle Porter is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel ''A Grandmother Begins the Story'' was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.

Porter, a Métis born and raised in Manitoba, currently lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She previously published the poetry collection ''Inquiries'' (2019), the non-fiction history book ''Rebel Women of the East Coast'' (2005), and the family history memoirs ''Approaching Fire'' (2020) and ''Scratching River'' (2022).

She was a shortlisted Pat Lowther Award finalist in 2020 for ''Inquiries'', and an Indigenous Voices Award nominee for English Creative Nonfiction and Life-Writing in 2021 for ''Approaching Fire''. Provided by Wikipedia