Michelle Porter

Michelle Porter is a Canadian writer,[1] whose debut novel A Grandmother Begins the Story was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[2]

Porter, a Métis born and raised in Manitoba, currently lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[3] She previously published the poetry collection Inquiries (2019),[4] the non-fiction history book Rebel Women of the East Coast (2005), and the family history memoirs Approaching Fire (2020)[5] and Scratching River (2022).[6]

She was a shortlisted Pat Lowther Award finalist in 2020 for Inquiries,[7] and an Indigenous Voices Award nominee for English Creative Nonfiction and Life-Writing in 2021 for Approaching Fire.

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