Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (born 1971) is a Mississauga Nishnaabeg (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg) writer, musician, academic, and activist from Canada, raised in Wingham, Ontario, and a member of Alderville First Nation. She is renowned for notable works including the novel Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies (shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award and Dublin Literary Prize), This Accident of Being Lost (winner of MacEwan Book of the Year), As We Have Always Done (Native American and Indigenous Studies Association best subsequent book), and Theory of Water (2025 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction). Her achievements encompass multiple award nominations and wins, such as the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award, Prism Prize's Willie Dunn Award, and recognition as a leading Indigenous voice in literature blending fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and song to advocate for Indigenous resurgence and ontologies.