Chris La Tray is a Métis writer and storyteller. His first book, One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays From the World At Large won the 2018 Montana Book Award and a 2019 High Plains Book Award. His second book, Descended from a Travel-worn Satchel, was published by FootHills Publishing in 2021. His third book, Becoming Little Shell, will be published by Milkweed Editions in 2023 ... or so. Chris is an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians and lives near Missoula, MT.