Amy Kenny is a Whitehorse-based writer and artist.
She currently acts as the editor of Up Here Business. She has worked as managing editor for Yukon, North of Ordinary magazine; an award-winning reporter for The Hamilton Spectator and Yukon News; and as as a producer and reporter for CBC. Her journalism has been featured in magazines including Up Here, Walrus and Explore, and she has written for various travel guides from National Geographic Book Publishing.
Her creative writing has appeared in The Antigonish Review, The Feathertale Review, The Humber Literary Review, The Maynard and more. She also published It’s Weird Up Here—a collection of illustrated stories about the North—with artist Tedd Tucker in 2025.
You can find her leatherwork and silversmithing on Instagram.
You’ll otherwise find her in the mountains, cussin, snackin, running trails and getting dirty with various local dog packs.