Michelle Swallow is the author of The Mackenzie River Guide, which has helped numerous paddlers travel down Canada’s longest river. Her Substack newsletter, Biking to Bakeries, started as a collection of stories about her families bicycle trip across France and became a blog about books, chickens and becoming a Winter Rider. She 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.

Northern Bull is her debut novel.