Alexandra Shimo

Alexandra Shimo has been mentoring writers since 2015. A former editor with Maclean’s, she is the co-author of the bestselling memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief’s Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History, and author of the memoir Invisible North: The Search for Answers on A Troubled Reserve. She has been a finalist for the Governor General’s award, the Trillium Book award, the B.C. Non-Fiction award, and winner of the CBC Bookie Award, the Speaker’s Book Award, Donald Grant Creighton Award. Her essays, stories, and criticism have appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, and many other publications.