Autor/-in: Anne M. Smith-Nochasak

Anne M. Smith-Nochasak is the author of five novels. Her first, A Canoer of Shorelines (FriesenPress, 2021), was recognized as one of The Miramichi Reader's Best of Fiction in 2021. Her second novel, The Ice Widow: A Story of Love and Redemption (FriesenPress, 2022), was shortlisted for the Whistler Independent Book Awards in 2023 and a semi-finalist for the North Street Book Prize. River Faces North (FriesenPress, 2024) and River Becomes Shadow (FriesenPress, 2025) began the Taggak Journey trilogy. River Faces North was a Seaboard Review Book Pick in 2024. Anne is a member of the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Authors Association. When she's not writing, Anne enjoys hiking and searching for the more difficult routes her characters might travel. While she grew up in Nova Scotia, Anne taught in northern communities for many years. She now lives in rural Nova Scotia in an area not unlike Flo's swamp, with logging trails and rivers to explore.