Michelle Porter is a poet, journalist and novelist originally from the Métis prairie homeland. She is the descendent of a long line of Métis storytellers (the Goulet family). Her first novel A Grandmother Begins the Story was published in May 2023. She is the author of two books of nonfiction, Approaching Fire and Scratching River, and one book of poetry, Inquiries. She lives in Newfoundland and Labrador and teaches creative writing at Memorial University.