Emma Noyes, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Sinixt/Colville), is the author and illustrator of Baby Speaks Salish (Scablands Books). Her poetry and other writings can also be found in Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry (Mountaineers Books), Evergreen Anthology (Scablands Books), and Wildsam Pacific Northwest (Wildsam Field Guides). Emma lives in Spokane with her husband, their two children, and their mostly-good dog.