Eternity Martis

Eternity Martis is a Canadian journalist and author from Toronto, Ontario. Her debut publication They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing up won the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for non-fiction.

Early life and education Martis was born in 1993. Growing up she enjoyed reading and writing, and in high school she worked at the school newspaper. Martis went to the University of Western Ontario where she earned a double honours Bachelor of Arts (English Language and Literature and Women's Studies and Feminist Research) and a Certificate in writing. She went on to study at Ryerson University where she completed a graduate degree in Journalism. Martis identifies as a Black woman with mixed heritage; her father is Jamaican and her mother is of Pakistani origin. In 2021 the book was awarded the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for nonfiction. The title was selected by non-fiction judge Kamal Al-Solaylee. In January 2022, it was announced that she would be joining the School of Journalism at Ryerson University in a tenure-track position beginning in July 2022. 2019 Winner of Best Investigative Feature at Canadian Publishing Awards