Wayne Arthurson is an author of Cree and French-Canadian descent. He is the author of eight novels, five books of nonfiction, and over 200 articles in magazines and newspapers. Arthurson’s novella The Red Chesterfield won a 2020 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence. He has also been shortlisted twice for a High Plains Book Award. Arthurson has served on the Edmonton Arts Council and was a founding board member of Edmonton Litfest. He lives in Edmonton.