Jenny Ferguson

Jenny Ferguson is a Métis writer, activist, and educator who describes herself as an auntie and an accomplice with a PhD. She holds a PhD in English and Creative Writing and says writing and teaching are political acts. Her first book, Border Markers, is a collection of interrelated flash fiction published by NeWest Press. Her debut YA novel, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, won a 2022 Governor General's Literary Award. Ferguson has contributed creative nonfiction and fiction to the Malahat Review, including the essay 'Excavating Rias' and the 2022 Novella Prize-winning story 'Missing'. She later served as a Novella Prize judge for the magazine's 2024 contest.