Joseph Urie's roots flow back to St. Boniface in the Métis settlements at Red River but his family has been living along the Athabasca River since his Great-Great Grandfather, Louison "Captain Shot" Fosseneuve arrived in the 1860's. His Grandmother was born at the end of the river in Fort Chipewyan, his mother was born along its middle in Fort MacMurray and he lives at it's birth in the Rocky Mountains with his wife and three children. Joe runs Jasper Tour Company in Jasper, Alberta and has worked as a tour guide in Jasper National Park for 20 years. His people were Otipemisiwak--the people who rule themselves. He is too. Coyote Takes a Walk is his debut novel.