An award-winning author, poet laureate emeritus, and experienced educator, Jessica Outram is the author of Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold, and the forthcoming sequel, Bernice and the Wild Waters, as well as the poetry collection The Thing with Feathers. Jessica's work explores place, memory, and the quiet forces that shape a life. Her writing is attentive to history and landscape, often circling questions of belonging, identity, and voice, inspired by the layered histories of Georgian Bay. She's a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, with roots in the Georgian Bay Métis community.