Métis Like Me

＂A picture book celebrating Metis culture＂--

TASHA HILDERMAN graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Saskatchewan. A member of SCBWI and co-owner of a home retail store and garden café in Lloydminster, Tasha has been a panelist and featured speaker at numerous business-industry events, including the 2019 Facebook Communities Summit at Facebook’s Menlo, California headquarters. She is of Métis descent through her mother’s side and a registered member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, and lives with her husband and three children in Alberta.

RISA HUGO has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her authorial debut, Shadow, is forthcoming in February 2023 from Simply Read, and she has previously illustrated Rhiannon Wallace’s Leopold’s Leotard and Jaclyn Desforges’ Why Are You So Quiet? She spent most of her childhood living in Japan but currently lives in Vancouver with her husband and sons.