Odette
Auger
Odette Auger is a member of Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, living in the Ayajuthem-speaking part of the Salish Sea. She’s an award-winning journalist with bylines in APTN National News, Windspeaker.com, The Tyee, and IndigiNews. Deep listening, respectful interviewing practices, and centering Indigenous perspectives led her to finding her own narrative voice. Her first piece of creative nonfiction, “Waiting,” was published by The Malahat Review in Fall 2023.
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“Odette Auger displays continuous growth in her journalism career with tremendous storytelling potential and a solid plan to complete a full-length novel. With a firm grasp of her writing tools, lived experience, and raw-edged truth, Auger has created a distinct and powerful voice — direct, poetic at times, and gut-wrenchingly honest at the right intervals. There’s a subtle and brutal honesty in Auger’s writing that is coupled with a gentle wisdom that safely guides the reader through often difficult, but very real experiences for many Indigenous women.”—Joseph Kakwinokanasum, 2024 Fiction Mentor