Thomas King

Thomas King (ON, Canada) is an award-winning novelist, author of short stories, scriptwriter and photographer. His acclaimed, bestselling fiction includes Medicine River, Truth and Bright Water and A Short History of Indians in Canada. In addition to its many award distinctions, Green Grass, Running Water was named to Quill & Quire’s Best Canadian Fiction of the Century list. A member of the Order of Canada and the recipient of an award from the National Aboriginal Foundation, King is a professor of English at the University of Guelph, Ontario. At Wordfest, the author presents The Back of the Turtle, his first literary novel in fifteen years, following the success of The Inconvenient Indian.