Louise Halfe, Sky Dancer, was born in Two Hills, Alberta. She was raised on the Saddle Lake First Nation and attended Blue Quills Residential School. Louise earned her Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Regina and certificates in Addictions from the Nechi Insititute. Halfe made her debut as a poet in Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada, the acclaimed anthology of life-writings by Native women. Halfe’s first book of poetry, Bear Bones and Feathers, won the Milton Acorn Award for 1996 and was short-listed for the Spirit of Saskatchewan Award, the Pat Lowther First Book Award, and the Gerald Lampert Award.
Louise's second book, Blue Marrow, published by McClelland and Steward in 1998, is a mixture of prose and poetry resurrecting voices from the past. Blue Marrow was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award as well as the Book of the Year Award, Saskatoon Book Award, and Poetry Award.

Halfe has travelled extensively across the country and abroad doing readings and presentations of her work and conducting writing workshops. Halfe completed a two-week residency as the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writer in Calgary, Alberta, as well as a two-week residency with the Native Earth Performing Arts Weesageechak Festival in Toronto, Ontario. In the fall of 2000, she also completed a writer-in-residence program at the University of Windsor. Her work is widely published in anthologies and magazines.

Louise Halfe is married, the mother of two adult children and the proud grandmother of two. She is a Saskatoon Arts Board member and in recent years she has also served as the president for the Sage Hill Writing Experience.