Amanda Peters is a Mi'kmaw writer from Falmouth, Nova Scotia. Her debut novel, The Berry Pickers, has received significant recognition in the literary community, winning the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, one of the most prestigious awards for fiction writing. The novel also won the 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, and the 2024 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.