Karlene Harvey is an illustrator and writer, and she lives on the unceded and ancestral home territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. She is Tsilhqot’in through her mother and Syilx through her father, both sides of her family include a mix of European ancestry. Following her studies at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, she pursued an illustration practice that was inspired by zine and underground comic culture, independent animation and collage art. In recent years, she is invested in representation and how to best depict diverse peoples within her drawings. She recently completed a Master of Arts degree in English Literature with a specific focus on Indigenous literature at the University of British Columbia.