| Profession |
screenwriter, novelist, radio personality, writer, university teacher, photographer, essayist, scholar of English, actor, film director, academic, activist |
| Awards Received |
Member of the Order of Canada, PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, Governor General’s Award for English-language fiction, Companion of the Order of Canada, Governor General’s Literary Awards, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour |
| Notable Works |
Green Grass, Running Water, The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour, The Back of the Turtle, The Inconvenient Indian, Indians on Vacation |
| Employer |
University of Lethbridge, University of Guelph |
| Field of Work |
writing, photography, Native American Literatures |
| Genre |
mystery fiction, high literature, comedy, non-fiction |
