WHEN WE WERE ALONE

About DAVID ALEXANDER ROBERTSON

David A. Robertson (he/him/his) is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award has won the TD Canadian Childrens Literature Award as well as the Writer's Union of Canada Freedom to Read award. He has received several other accolades for his work as a writer for children and adults podcaster public speaker and social advocate. He was honoured with a Doctor of Letters by the University of Manitoba for outstanding contributions in the arts and distinguished achievements in 2023. He is a member of Norway House Cree Nation and lives in Winnipeg. Julie Flett is a Swampy Cree and Red River Métis author illustrator and artist. She has received numerous awards for her picture books including the Governor Generals Award for When We Were Alone and On The Trapline (written by David A. Robertson) the American Indian Library Association Award for Little You (written by Richard Van Camp) and a BolognaRagazzi Award special mention for We Sang You Home (also written by Richard Van Camp). She is the three-time recipient of the Christie Harris Illustrated Childrens Literature Award. Her picture book Birdsong was awarded the TD Canadian Childrens Literature Award for 2020 and Wild Berries was chosen as Canadas First Nation Communities Read title selection for 2014-2015.