Pamela Korgemagi

Pamela Korgemagi is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel The Hunter and the Old Woman was published in 2021.Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/08/06/the-hunter-and-the-old-woman-is-the-compelling-story-of-a-cougar-and-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html "‘The Hunter and the Old Woman’ is the compelling story of a cougar and our relationship with the natural world"]. Toronto Star, August 6, 2021. A graduate of the creative writing program at York University, she lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.Robert Lee Brewer, [https://www.writersdigest.com/be-inspired/pamela-korgemagi-on-trusting-the-editorial-process "Pamela Korgemagi: On Trusting the Editorial Process"]. Writer's Digest, August 5, 2021.

The novel centres on the "Old Woman", a wild cougar who is being hunted by Joseph, a man from the nearby town who has been obsessed with hunting down the old woman since childhood,Olivia Pellegrino, [https://canlit.ca/article/animals-within-and-among/ "Animals Within and Among"]. Canadian Literature, June 30, 2022. and alternates between both the hunter's and the cougar's perspectives.Anna Maxymiw, [https://quillandquire.com/review/the-hunter-and-the-old-woman/ "The Hunter and the Old Woman, by Pamela Korgemagi"]. Quill & Quire, July 2021.

The novel was a shortlisted finalist for the Trillium Book Award for English Prose in 2022.Sadaf Ahsan, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/05/10/gothic-stories-genre-defying-memoirs-among-trillium-book-award-finalists.html "Gothic stories, genre-defying memoirs among Trillium Book Award finalists"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618153936/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/05/10/gothic-stories-genre-defying-memoirs-among-trillium-book-award-finalists.html |date=2022-06-18 }}. Toronto Star, May 10, 2022. La Promesse du chasseur, a French translation by Gabrielle Filteau-Chiba, was published in 2023.Julie Roy, [https://lactualite.com/culture/les-meilleurs-livres-a-lire-en-juin-2023/ "Les meilleurs livres à lire en juin 2023"]. L'actualité, May 31, 2023.