Annette Lapointe (she/her) lived in rural Saskatchewan, Quebec City, St John's, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and South Korea before settling in northern Alberta. She now lives in Treaty 8 territory, on the traditional lands of the Beaver people, and teaches English and creative writing at Northwestern Polytechnic.Her first novel, STOLEN (Anvil Press, 2006), was nominated for a Giller Prize and was the Winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards (First Book Award and Saskatoon Book Award). A Finalist for the Books in Canada First Novel Award, as well as being cited as a Globe & Mail Top 5 First Fiction choice, STOLEN also garnered Lapointe a Canadian Authors Association-BookTV Emerging Writer award. She is the author of two other acclaimed novels (WHITETAIL SHOOTING GALLERY (Anvil Press, 2012) - finalist for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year - and . AND THIS IS THE CURE (Anvil Press, 2021)), and a collection of short stories, YOU ARE NOT NEEDED NOW (Anvil Press, 2017). SWIM: INTO THE NORTH'S BLUE EYE (Anvil Press, 2017) is her debut poetry collection.