Wabanakwut "Wab" Kinew, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, is the bestselling, award-winning author of The Everlasting Road, Walking in Two Worlds, Go Show the World and The Reason You Walk. A member of the Midewin and an Honorary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, he is a former journalist, musician, and television host. 

Kinew, who is a a prominent political leader in Manitoba, lives in Winnipeg with his family.