Dawn Quigley is a children's book author and university professor. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. In addition to her debut young adult novel, Apple in the Middle , she is the author of chapter book series Jojo Makoons . She lives in Minnesota (where there are very looong winters) with her family. Author Residence: Minnesota Nancy King (Potawatomi/Chippewa) is a visual artist from Mnjikaning Rama First Nation and has paternal roots in Moosedeer Point First Nation in Ontario. King signs all her artwork with her Anishinaabe name Ogimaakwebnes, which means Chief Lady Bird in the Ojibway language. She completed her BFA in 2015 in Drawing and Painting with a minor in Indigenous Visual Culture at OCAD University and has been exhibiting her work since she was fourteen years old. Through her art practice she looks to the past to help her navigate her Anishinaabe identity whilst living in a colonized space, as well as advocate for Indigenous representation.

Illustrator Residence : Toronto, Ontario, Canada.