Joseph Boyden

Joseph Boyden

Joseph Boyden (born 1966) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His debut novel, "Three Day Road", won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2006, and was a nominee for the 2005 Governor General's Awards. It previously won the inaugural McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award.

He grew up in Willowdale, Ontario and attended the Jesuit-run Brebeuf College School.

Boyden, of Irish, Scottish and Métis heritage, writes about the First Nations voice, First Nations heritage and culture. "Three Day Road", a novel about two Cree soldiers serving in the Canadian military during World War I, is inspired by Francis Pegahmagabow.

He studied creative writing at York University and the University of New Orleans, and subsequently taught in the aboriginal student program at Northern College.

He divides his time between Louisiana where he teaches creative writing and Northern Ontario.

On March 1, 2006, "Three Day Road" was named winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for 2005.

"Three Day Road" was chosen for inclusion in "Canada Reads 2006", where it was championed by filmmaker Nelofer Pazira.

Bibliography

* "Born With a Tooth" (2001, short stories)
* "Three Day Road" (2005) (winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award)
* "Through Black Spruce" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/news/features/2005/05/24_extra_boyden Minnesota Public Radio: Joseph Boyden reading from "Three Day Road"] (RealAudio stream)
* [http://www.firstperspective.ca/story_2005_10_27_joseph.html Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road wins 1st aboriginal book of the year award]
* [http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/browse.php?txtCatID=367 McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year]


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