Jules Delorme is a neurodivergent Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) author who grew up on the Akwesasne Reserve near Cornwall, Ontario. He is of Kanien’kehá:ka and French heritage. When Delorme was twelve, his abusive parents moved the family to Toronto, where he continued to suffer bullying and abuse at home and at school.

He is also the author of faller and Ahshiá:ton (You Should Write It), a collection of stories based on Mohawk oral traditions and teachings. i heard a crow before i was born is Delorme’s third book. He lives in Toronto.