Joylene Nowell Butler, Métis Canadian, has been writing for 27 years. A retired emergency responder, she was born in Manitoba, moved to Maple Ridge as a child, attended Douglas College and Simon Fraser University. She and her husband Ralph moved to Pr. George in 1979 where they raised their five sons. In 1992 they built a cottage on Cluculz Lake, near Vanderhoof. In her spare time, Joylene teaches Tai Chi.