Michelle Swallow

Michelle Swallow lives and works in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Her debut novel, Northern Bull, published with Freehand Books is out now, and available wherever books are sold in Canada. 

Her non-fiction book, The Mackenzie River Guide, has helped numerous paddlers travel down Canada’s longest river for over a decade. She has produced three short films, Pottery Wars, Prince of the Buffalo Hunters and Killer Workout – which won the Dead North ZomBears for Best Death and Audience Choice. She is the author of a travel blog, Biking to Bakeries on Substack, which documents her family's cycle-tourism adventure in Europe and life in Yellowknife. 

Michelle is a long-time resident of the Northwest Territories and is grateful to live in Yellowknife, the traditional land of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, the home to North Slave Metis, and Dene and Inuit from across the Northwest Territories. Michelle is a graduate of Thompson Rivers University and Royal Roads University.