Jen Ferguson is a Michif/Métis Canadian writer, activist, and academic of young adult fiction.
[1] She is best known for her Governor General's Award-winning and William C. Morris Award-nominated debut novel The Summer of Bitter and Sweet.
[5] Ferguson has a PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of South Dakota.
[3] It is about an indigenous teen working her first job at an Alberta pizza shop and coming of age.
[4] It explores the topic of missing and murdered indigenous women, mental health, and sexuality.