AMANDA PETERS is a writer of Mi'kmaq and settler ancestry. She is the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers, which won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize; the novel was also named the Best Book of the Year by Amazon, The New Yorker, and People Magazine, among others. She is the winner of the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Unpublished Prose. She lives in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.

"Seeking a highly regarded, award-winning writer? Then try The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters." --Library Journal

"Sometimes the most urgent mysteries come from our ancestors, as Amanda Peters expertly demonstrates in this triumphant follow-up to her powerhouse first novel, The Berry Pickers. The Birthing Tree is a wonder of elegant prose and deep insight, honoring the lives of generations of Mi'kmaq women born beneath the tree's arms. The death of a beloved grandmother sweeps us into a multi-generational mystery that is absorbing, fascinating, and ultimately redemptive. Peters excels at understanding the complexities of human connections--our guarded secrets and shames, our loyalties and prejudices. 'Without our stories, we are lost.' This author works to chart the way home." --Mona Susan Power, author of A Council of Dolls

Publisher: Catapult

Pub date: 2026-09-01

Length: 304 pages