Katli?`a is a member of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation in Somba K’e (Yellowknife), Northwest Territories, Canada. She is a storyteller and Indigenous rights activist. Katlia's debut memoir, Northern Wildflower, was a top-selling book in the Northwest Territories and her subsequent novels Land-Water-Sky/Ndè-Ti-Yat'a, This House Is Not a Home and Firekeeper all won a NorthWords NWT book of the year awards.
