ABOUT
Trina Moyles is a YUKON-BASED author, JOURNALIST, and CREATIVE producer. Her work is inspired by rural communities and relationships with land, wildlife, food security, and climate change.
Photo: Mark Kelly
Trina’s ethos as a writer is rooted in respect, care, and relationship building with the individuals and communities who share knowledge with her. She is committed to ethical journalism that explores complexity and strives for nuance.
Moyles grew up in the Peace River country of northwestern Alberta, the daughter of a wildlife biologist and an early childhood educator/community liaison. She credits her parents, Dave and Linda, for teaching her strong values of community, land, and social justice. In 2010, Moyles graduated with a BA in Anthropology from MacEwan University in Edmonton, AB. In 2023, she graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
She is the author of three award-winning books, including Women Who Dig: Farming, Feminism, and the Fight to the Feed the World (University of Regina Press, 2018), Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest (Random House Canada, 2021), and Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival (Knopf Canada/Pegasus Books, 2026). Women Who Dig was a finalist in the ‘Best First Book’ category at the 2019 High Plains Literary Awards, while Lookout won a 2021 Outdoor Book Prize, and the Alberta Memoir Award in 2022. Black Bear is a national bestseller, making a mark on The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star’s Bestseller Lists.
Moyles’s award-winning articles and essays have been published in The Globe and Mail, Alberta Views, The Narwhal, and Canadian Geographic. She is currently working as the Northern Correspondent for The Walrus, reporting on stories at the 60th parallel.
In 2022, she was recognized by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards as an Emerging Artist in Alberta, one of the most prestigious literary honours in the province.
In 2023, Moyles relocated to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, where she resides today with her partner and their three rowdy dogs in an off-grid yurt. In June 2024, Moyles received the Yukon Advanced Artist Award in recognition of her work.
Recently, Moyles has been collaborating with filmmakers to translate some of her stories onto the screen. She and Edmonton-based director, Anna Kuelken, created and produced the Women Who Dig documentary film, adapted from the Canadian chapter in her book. Women Who Dig will screen nationally and internationally in 2026—stay tuned for screening dates.
She is currently working with Whitehorse-based filmmaker, Naomi Mark, to adapt Lookout into a feature length film.
Moyles has developed a passion for working as a sled dog race reporter and media coordinator for the Yukon Quest, covering long-distance races in 2021, 2023, and 2025. Recently, she documented the Yukon Odyssey for a story on the rise of small dog kennels in North America for The Walrus.
Moyles is represented by Marilyn Biderman at Transatlantic Literary Agency.
Do you have an important story to tell, or do you want to collaborate? Are you interested to host Trina Moyles as a guest-speaker at your event? Please get in touch.
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favorite reads
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Call of the Wild – Meet Five Women Working to Protect Wild Bears
Chatelaine
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‘Treated like machines’: wildfire fighters describe a mental health crisis on the frontlines
The Narwhal
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Herd memory
Alberta Views