Kate Beaton was born and raised in Cape Breton, where she lives with her family. After graduating from Mount Allison University with a double degree in History and Anthropology, she moved to Alberta in search of work that would allow her to pay down her student loans. Beaton’s experience working in the oil patch informed her bestselling graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, a New York Times Notable Book and one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2022. It also won CBC’s 2023 Canada Reads. During her years out West, Beaton also began creating webcomics under the name Hark! A Vagrant. The collections of that landmark strip, as well as Step Aside, Pops, spent several months on the New York Times graphic novel bestseller list, appeared on best of the year lists from Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, NPR Books, and won the Eisner, Ignatz, Harvey, and Doug Wright Awards. Beaton has also published the picture books King Baby, The Princess and the Pony, and Shark Girl.
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta District 6, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.
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