Joshua Whitehead is an Oji-Cree/nehiyaw, Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). His bestselling collection, Making Love With the Land, was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. His novel, Jonny Appleseed, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for a Governor General’s Literary Award in Fiction, and the winner of Canada Reads 2021. His poetry collection, full-metal indigiqueer, was shortlisted for the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award for Most Significant Work of Poetry in English and the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry. Whitehead is an Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies and English at the University of Calgary.