Drew Hayden Taylor

Originally from the Curve Lake First Nations, in Central Ontario, Drew has spent the last two decades travelling the world and writing about it from the Aboriginal perspective. An award-winning playwright, author, columnist, film maker and lecturer, he has managed to bridge the gap between cultures by tickling the funny bone.

In 2007, Annick Press published his first teen book, The Night Wanderer:A Native Gothic Novel, a teen novel about an Ojibway vampire. Several 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 .

Last year saw the publication of his 21st book, a novel titled Motorcycles & Sweetgrass. Randomhouse proudly proclaimed him "One of the new faces of fiction for 2010" . It was nominated for the Governor General's Award for fiction. Not to be outdone by himself, December 2010 saw the publication by Talon Books of his newest collection of articles and essays, News: Postcards from The Four Directions, exploring Native existence as he sees it, in his own wonky style.

Appearances at BookFestWindsor:
November 5, 7:30 p.m. (Wilkinson)