Helen Knott is of Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis and European descent from Prophet River First Nations, and she lives in British Columbia. She is a poet and activist working for Indigenous land rights and in 2016 was chosen as one of sixteen global changemakers by the Nobel Women’s Initiative for ending gender-based violence. Her books In My Own Moccasins and Becoming a Matriarch have both topped the Canadian bestseller lists.

'A masterpiece of grief and joy, loss and rediscovery, flight and return, and, above all, a paean to the beautiful, eternal and all-encompassing power of matriarchy' Dr Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal

Helen Knott is of Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis and European descent from Prophet River First Nations, and she lives in British Columbia. She is a poet and activist working for Indigenous land rights and in 2016 was chosen as one of sixteen global changemakers by the Nobel Women’s Initiative for ending gender-based violence. Her books In My Own Moccasins and Becoming a Matriarch have both topped the Canadian bestseller lists.

'A masterpiece of grief and joy, loss and rediscovery, flight and return, and, above all, a paean to the beautiful, eternal and all-encompassing power of matriarchy' Dr Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal

Helen Knott is of Dane Zaa, Nehiyaw, Métis and European descent from Prophet River First Nations, and she lives in British Columbia. She is a poet and activist working for Indigenous land rights and in 2016 was chosen as one of sixteen global changemakers by the Nobel Women’s Initiative for ending gender-based violence. Her books In My Own Moccasins and Becoming a Matriarch have both topped the Canadian bestseller lists.

'A masterpiece of grief and joy, loss and rediscovery, flight and return, and, above all, a paean to the beautiful, eternal and all-encompassing power of matriarchy' Dr Gabor Maté, author of The Myth of Normal