Amanda Peters is a Mi’kmaq/ Settler writer from the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. Her debut novel The Berry Pickers won the Barnes and Noble Discovery Prize, the Crime Writers of Canada Best Crime First Novel, the Dartmouth Book Award and the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction. Her collection of short fiction, Waiting for the Long Night Moon was released in August 2024. She has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the Institute for American Indian Arts in New Mexico. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Theatre at Acadia University.