Jessica Johns is a Cree writer from Canada, whose debut novel Bad Cree was published in 2023.[1]
The novel was a shortlisted finalist for the 2023 Amazon.ca First Novel Award.[2] It was expanded from her earlier short story of the same name, which won the Journey Prize in 2020.[3]
A member of the Sucker Creek First Nation in northern Alberta, she has more recently divided her time between Edmonton and Vancouver, where she was an MFA student at the University of British Columbia.[4] She wrote the novel in part as a response to a creative writing teacher who had told the class to never write about dreams, advice which Johns disagreed with due to the importance of dreams in Cree culture.[4]
References
- ↑ Justin Bell, "Bookmarks: A dream world from local Cree author Jessica Johns". Edmonton Journal, April 18, 2023.
- ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Jessica Johns among 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel finalists". Quill & Quire, May 4, 2023.
- ↑ "4 emerging Canadian writers receive $10K prizes from Writers' Trust of Canada" Archived 2023-02-21 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, October 21, 2020.
- 1 2 Michelle Cyca, "In her debut novel Bad Cree, Jessica Johns has dreamed up a horror story anchored by a Cree matriarchy". Quill & Quire, January 2023.
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