We Are the Medicine

About Tasha Spillett

New York Timesbestselling author Tasha Spillett PhD (she/her/hers) draws her strength from both her Inninew and Trinidadian bloodlines. She is a celebrated Afro-Indigenous educator poet and emerging scholar. Tasha is most heart-tied to contributing to community-led work that centres on land and water defence and the protection of Indigenous women and girls. Her books include the award-winning graphic novel series Surviving the City and the celebrated childrens book I Sang You Down from the Stars. @TashaSpillett Natasha Donovan (she/her/hers) is a Métis illustrator originally from Vancouver British Columbia. Her sequential work has been published in This Place: 150 Years Retold Wonderful Women of History and Thomas King's graphic novel Borders. She is the illustrator of the award-winning Surviving the City graphic novel series and Mothers of Xsan children's book series as well as Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross Cherokee Aerospace Engineer. She currently lives by the Nooksack River in Washington State. @natashamdonovan Scott B. Henderson (he/him) is a freelance illustrator whose reputation for cultural sensitivity and an openness to listen and learn has garnered a large body of work in collaboration with Indigenous and LGBTQIA+ communities. His work spans several critically acclaimed graphic novels including 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga (Indigenous history & Residential Schools); A Girl Called Echo series (Métis history); A Blanket of Butterflies (2016 Eisner Nomination); a short story in Marvel Voices: Pride #1 (2022); and the post-apocalypse graphic novel Last Breeds (fall 2024). Scott is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. He resides in Winnipeg with his partner.