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Drew Hayden Taylor

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born

Curve Lake First Nations, Canada

gender

male

website

http://www.drewhaydentaylor.com/

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During the last twenty-five years of his life, Drew Hayden Taylor has done many things, most of which he is proud of. An Ojibway from the Curve Lake First Nations in Ontario, he has worn many hats in his literary career, from performing stand-up comedy at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., to being Artistic Director of Canada's premiere Native theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts. He has been an award-winning playwright (with over 70 productions of his work), a journalist/columnist (appearing regularly in several Canadian newspapers and magazines), short-story writer, novelist, television scriptwriter, and has worked on over 17 documentaries exploring the Native experience. Most notably, he wrote and directed REDSKINS, TRICKSTE...more During the last twenty-five years of his life, Drew Hayden Taylor has done many things, most of which he is proud of. An Ojibway from the Curve Lake First Nations in Ontario, he has worn many hats in his literary career, from performing stand-up comedy at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., to being Artistic Director of Canada's premiere Native theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts. He has been an award-winning playwright (with over 70 productions of his work), a journalist/columnist (appearing regularly in several Canadian newspapers and magazines), short-story writer, novelist, television scriptwriter, and has worked on over 17 documentaries exploring the Native experience. Most notably, he wrote and directed REDSKINS, TRICKSTERS AND PUPPY STEW, a documentary on Native humour for the National Film Board of Canada.

He has traveled to sixteen countries around the world, spreading the gospel of Native literature to the world. Through many of his books, most notably the four volume set of the FUNNY, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ONE series, he has tried to educate and inform the world about issues that reflect, celebrate, and interfere in the lives of Canada's First Nations.

Self described as a contemporary story teller in what ever form, last summer saw the production of the third season of MIXED BLESSINGS, a television comedy series he co-created and is the head writer for. This fall, a made-for-tv movie he wrote, based on his Governor General's nominated play was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Movie. Originally it aired on APTN and opened the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, and the Dreamspeakers Film Festival in Edmonton.

The last few years has seen him proudly serve as the Writer-In-Residence at the University of Michigan and the University of Western Ontario. In 2007, Annick Press published his first Novel, THE NIGHT WANDERER: A Native Gothic Novel, a teen novel about an Ojibway vampire. Two years ago, his non-fiction book exploring the world of Native sexuality, called ME SEXY, was published by Douglas & McIntyre. It is a follow up to his highly successful book on Native humour, ME FUNNY.

The author of 20 books in total, he is eagerly awaiting the publication of his new novel in February by Random House as "One of the new faces of fiction for 2010", titled MOTORCYCLES AND SWEETGRASS. In January, his new play, DEAD WHITE WRITER ON THE FLOOR, opens at Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay. Currently, he is working on a new play titled CREES IN THE CARRIBEAN, and a collection of essays called POSTCARDS FROM THE FOUR DIRECTIONS. More importantly, he is desperately trying to find the time to do his laundry.

Oddly enough, the thing his mother is most proud of is his ability to make spaghetti from scratch.(less)

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Books by Drew Hayden Taylor

Average rating: 3.70 · 445 ratings · 87 reviews · 23 distinct works

	Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 3.75 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel 3.32 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Me Funny 3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	alterNatives 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Funny You Don't Look Like One: Observations of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway by Drew Hayden Taylor, Douglas Cardinal 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Berlin Blues 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	In a World Created by a Drunken God 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Toronto at Dreamer's Rock - Education Is Our Right 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1990	My rating: