Heather Ramsay
Heather Ramsay writes some things that are true and some that are not and lives in the hills above Chilliwack, BC with awareness and support for the rights and title declarations of the Stó:lō people, specifically the Ts'elxwéyeqw tribe (where her house sits). Her fiction, non-fiction and poetry have appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, carte blanche, The Antigonish Review, Canadian Geographic and more. She grew up in Calgary and learned virtually nothing about Treaty 7 or her neighbours, the Tsuutʼina, and has a long way to go in that regard. Since moving to BC, she has become heavily influenced by place especially Haida Gwaii where she lived for 10 years. While there, she worked as a reporter for the local newspaper and collaborated on two books for the Haida Gwaii Museum: Gina ’Waadluxan Tluu: The Everything Canoe and gyaaGang.ngaay - The Monumental Poles of Skidegate. Her debut novel, A Room in the Forest, is set on these islands of the people.