Keriann McGoogan is an English-major turned primatologist turned author. Her memoir, Chasing Lemurs: My Journey to the Heart of Madagascar published in 2020. Her writing has also appeared in The Quarantine Review, The Nashwaak Review, The Toronto Star, Outpost Magazine, Verge Magazine, and Wanderlust Magazine. She was selected as a 2021 Writers' Trust Rising Star.

Keriann has lived and worked in Belize, Central America, studying endangered monkeys where she kayaked rivers, waded through seasonally flooded forests, and contended with a disturbingly large mosquito population. For more than two years, she lived in a tent in Madagascar, spending 12-hour days following groups of lemurs through the northwestern dry forests. McGoogan spends her evenings and weekends volunteering as a board member for Planet Madagascar, a non-profit that aims to conserve Madagascar’s unique biodiversity while also helping the local Malagasy people. She lives in Ontario, Canada.