(inscribed 1993 HarperCollins pb; cover: Alan Jones)
(left: signed 2005 HarperCollins dj; jacket: “Flight Path” by Helen Hoy; right: 2004 CBC Audio CD; art: the talented Jane Ash Poitras)
Thomas King (1943-) is a satirical novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, and photographer born in Sacramento, California of Cherokee and Greek descent. He is the Associate professor of Native Literature and Creative Writing at U of Guelph. His Dead Dog Café (1997-2000) was a popular CBC Radio show in which he played himself, Tom. His humorous books include Green Grass, Running Water (1993), One Good Story, That One (1993), Medicine River (1990), Truth and Bright Water (1999), and A Short History of Indians in Canada (2005). He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2004.