Career
Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Silverthorne has written hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles, and instructs creative writing classes. She is a former documentary producer and president of the Saskatchewan Writer"s Guild. In 2015 Silverthorne published a book named Honouring the Buffalo aimed a preserving aboriginal culture.
Written in English the book is accompanied by Cree translations and is adapted from one of Piapot Cree First Nation elder Ray Lavallee"s oral stories.
Silverthorne lives in Regina, Saskatchewan where she teaches at the University of Regina.