David Alexander Robertson (born 12 January 1977) is a Canadian author and public speaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Robertson was born in Brandon, Manitoba to a Swampy Cree father and mother of Scottish, Irish and English ancestry.
Robertson's graphic novels include the 7 Generations series, the Tales From Big Spirit series,[7] and Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story, which tells the true story of a young Indigenous woman who was abducted and brutally murdered by four young men in 1971.
Robertson won the 2017 Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award, tied with Trevor Greyeyes.
The Barren Grounds, which is the first book in Robertson's Misewa Saga, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in 2021 in the Young People's Literature – Text category.
[27] The Barren Grounds was also shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association's Silver Birch Award and was a USBBY and Texas Lone Star selection.
[31] In 2023, Robertson was honoured with a Doctor of Letters by the University of Manitoba for outstanding contributions in the arts and distinguished achievements.