KATE HARRIS is the author of Lands of Lost Borders, which won the RBC Taylor Prize, the Boardman Tasker Prize, and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, among others, and was translated into several languages. Her writing has also appeared in Granta, Outside, The Walrus, and The Georgia Review, with notable mentions in Best American Essays and Best American Travel Writing. A former Rhodes scholar with a background in biology, geology, and the history and philosophy of science, Kate lives off-grid at the end of the road in northernmost British Columbia.