Thomas King, BA, MA (Chico State) Ph.D. (Utah).
Professor (2003).
E-mail: thking@uoguelph.ca
Research Interests
Native studies.
Books
- DreadfulWater Shows Up: A Novel by Hartley GoodWeather. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2002.
- Ed. with introduction. First Voices, First Words. Special Native Issue of Prairie Fire (2001).
- Truth & Bright Water. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1999.
- Green Grass, Running Water. Toronto: Harper Collins/Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
- One Good Story, That One: Stories. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1993.
- Medicine River. Toronto: Penguin, 1990.
- Ed. with introduction. All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Native Fiction. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1990.
- The Native in Literature: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives. Co-edited with ed. with Helen Hoy and Cheryl Calver. Toronto: ECW P, 1987.
Selected recent articles
- "How I Spent My Summer Vacation: History, Literature, and the Cant of Authenticity." Landmarks. 1998.
- "Shooting the Lone Ranger." Hungry Mind Review (Summer 1995).
- "Native Literature of Canada." Dictionary of Native American Literature. 1994.
- "Godzilla vs. Post-Colonial." World Literature Written in English (Fall 1990).
Professional activities
"Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour" (CBC Radio, 1996-2001).
TV, radio drama, and film scripts.
Photographic exhibitions.
Awards
Aboriginal Media Arts Radio Award for "Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour"
Governor General's Award nominee and Canadian Authors Award Fiction for Green Grass, Running Water
Governor General's Award nominee for A Coyote Columbus Story.
Writer's Guild of Alberta Best Novel Award and Josephine Miles Award/Oakland PEN for Medicine River.
American Indian Film Festival Best Screenplay award for movie, Medicine River.
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