Cherie Dimaline is a member of the Georgian Bay Metis Community in Ontario who has published five books. Her most recent novel, Empire of Wild, became an instant Canadian bestseller and was named Indigo’s #1 Best Book of 2019. Cherie lives in Ontario, on her ancestral grounds, where she is working on a new (unrelated) YA book, her next adult novel, as well as the forthcoming TV adaptations for The Marrow Thieves and Empire of Wild. Her latest book, a follow up to The Marrow Thieves, is Hunting by Stars.