Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta and is currently living, working, and learning on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She is the managing editor for Room magazine and a co-organizer of the Indigenous Brilliance reading series in Vancouver. Her stories have appeared in many magazines. Most recently, her short story "Bad Cree" won the 2020 Writers' Trust Journey Prize and won silver at the 2020 National Magazine Awards.