During the last 25 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 DC, 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.

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.

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