Helen Knott

Helen Knott is a Dane Zaa, Cree, Metis and mixed settler descent writer from Prophet River First Nations living in Northeastern British Columbia. She is the author of In My Own Moccasins, which was longlisted for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize. Her second book, Becoming a Matriarch, reached #1 selling status on the Toronto Star bestsellers list, won the George Ryga Award, received the Jim Deva Award from BC Yukon Book Prizes, and was a finalist for a 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards. Knott is currently working on her first novel.