Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty is a northern Dene/Cree/Métis novelist, freelancer and columnist. She is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation from Somba K’e (Yellowknife), Northwest Territories. She currently resides on the occupied and unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples in lək̓ʷəŋən territory, where she is in her fourth year of the Juris Doctor in Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders with the University of Victoria.