Melanie Florence is a writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto. She was close to her grandfather as a child, a relationship that sparked her interest in writing about Indigenous themes and characters. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, Stolen Words, which won the 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and the bestselling Orca Soundings titles He Who Dreams and Dreaming in Color.

Chanin Lee, originally from Winnipeg, is a young Indigenous actor based in Toronto. She realized her passion for acting in high school and has been devoted since. She studied at Seneca College’s Acting for Camera and Voice program, where she learned to hone her talents. Since graduation, Chanin has worked closely with director Jonathan Elliott in the short films Her Water Drum (2018), which was nominated for Best Short Narrative at the LA Skins Fest, and Where the Oak Splits (2019), which was made for Art With Impact’s OLIVE Collection. It is important to her to remain close to her culture and to bring Indigenous voices to the mainstream as a storyteller.