Helen is a Dane Zaa, Cree, Metis and mixed settler descent woman from Prophet River First Nations living in Northeastern British Columbia. She is the author of the Nationally best-selling book, In My Own Moccasins, which was a longlisted for an RBC Taylor award.Her second book, Becoming a Matriarch, reached #1 selling status on the Toronto Star best sellers list, was named one of the top 10 books for 2023 by Indigo Canada, won the George Ryga Award, received the Jim Deva Award from the BC Yukon Book Prizes, was a finalist for a 2024 Governor Generals Award in Non-Fiction, and is currently a longlisted book for Canada Reads 2025.
Helen is represented by Carolyn Forde.
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