Drew Hayden Taylor

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Drew Hayden Taylor (born 1 July 1962) is a Canadian playwright, author and journalist.

Born in Curve Lake, Ontario, Taylor is part Ojibwa and part Caucasian. About his background Taylor says: "I plan to start my own nation. Because I am half Ojibway half Caucasian, we will be called the occasions. And of course, since I’m founding the new nation, I will be a special occasion." ^[1]

He writes predominantly about First Nations culture, and has also been a frequent contributor to various magazines including This Magazine. His writing includes plays, short stories and essays. In 2004 he was appointed to the Ontario Ministry of Culture Advisory Committee.

As well as his writing, Taylor has been the artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts, and has taught at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre.

Taylor is currently the Writer-In-Residence at the University of Western Ontario.

[edit] Bibliography

Toronto at Dreamer's Rock (1990)
Education is Our Right (1990)
Pictures on the Wall (1990)
The Bootlegger Blues (1991)
A Contemporary Gothic Indian Vampire Story (1992)
Someday (1993)
The All Complete Aboriginal Show Extravaganza (1994)
Funny, You Don't Look Like One (1996, essays)
Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth (1998)
Fearless Warriors (1998, short fiction)
The Baby Blues (1999)
400 Kilometres (1999)
Further Adventures of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway: Funny, You Don't Look Like One Two (1999, essays)
alterNatives (2000)
The Boy in the Treehouse (2000)
Girl Who Loved Her Horses (2000)
Furious Observations of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway: Funny, You Don't Look Like One Three (2002, essays)
The Buz'Gem Blues (2002)
Futile Observations of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway: Funny, You Don't Look Like One Four (2004, essays)
400 Kilometres (2005)
Me Funny (2006)
In A World Created by a Drunken God (2006)
The Night Wanderer (2007)
The Berlin Blues (2007)
Me Sexy (2008)