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class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CC</a></span></span></b></small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_King.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="King in 2008"><img alt="King in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Thomas_King.JPG/220px-Thomas_King.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Thomas_King.JPG/330px-Thomas_King.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Thomas_King.JPG/440px-Thomas_King.JPG 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">King in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-04-24</span>) </span>April 24, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Roseville,_California" title="Roseville, California">Roseville, California</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Pen name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.4em;">Hartley GoodWeather</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Writer</li> <li>presenter</li> <li>activist</li> <li>academic</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">United States, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1980s–present (as writer)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Postmodern" class="mw-redirect" title="Postmodern">Postmodern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trickster" title="Trickster">trickster</a> novel; comedy and drama script</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nations</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i>Medicine River</i>; <i>Green Grass, Running Water</i>; <i>The Truth About Stories</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Order of Canada, 2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas King <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CC</a></span></span></b> (born April 24, 1943) is an American-born Canadian writer and <a href="/wiki/Television_presenter" title="Television presenter">broadcast presenter</a> who most often writes about <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-canenc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canenc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas Hunt King was born in Roseville, California, on April 24, 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theglobeandmail.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theglobeandmail.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He self-identifies as being of <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_descent" title="Cherokee descent">Cherokee</a>, Greek, and German descent, but the recognized cheokee tribes, tribes with some of the most detailed genealogy records in the USA, have no recorded documentation to support the claim that he or his father are cherokee. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theglobeandmail.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theglobeandmail.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> King says his father left the family when the boys were very young, and that they were raised almost entirely by their mother.<sup id="cite_ref-truth_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-truth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his series of <a href="/wiki/Massey_Lectures" title="Massey Lectures">Massey Lectures</a>, eventually published as a book <i>The Truth About Stories</i> (2003), King tells that after their father's death, he and his brother learned that their father had two other families, neither of whom knew about the third.<sup id="cite_ref-truth_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-truth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a child, King attended grammar school in <a href="/wiki/Roseville,_California" title="Roseville, California">Roseville, California</a>, and both private Catholic and public high schools. After flunking out of Sacramento State University, he joined the <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a> for a brief period of time before receiving a medical discharge for a knee injury. Following this, King worked several jobs, including as an ambulance driver, bank teller, and photojournalist in New Zealand for three years. </p><p>King eventually completed bachelor's and master's degrees from <a href="/wiki/Chico_State_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Chico State University">Chico State University</a> in California. He moved to Utah, where he worked as a counselor for American Indian students before completing a PhD program in English at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a>. His 1971 MA thesis was on film studies.<sup id="cite_ref-catalog_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-catalog-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His 1986 PhD dissertation<sup id="cite_ref-inventing_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inventing-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was on Native American studies, one of the earliest works to explore the oral storytelling tradition as literature.<sup id="cite_ref-canlit_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canlit-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around this time, King became interested in American Indian oral traditions and storytelling.<sup id="cite_ref-canlit_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canlit-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teaching">Teaching</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Teaching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After moving to Canada in 1980, King taught Native studies at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Lethbridge" title="University of Lethbridge">University of Lethbridge</a> (Alberta) in the early 1980s. He also served as a faculty member of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a>'s American Indian studies department. As of 2020, King was listed as Professor (retired), <a href="/wiki/Professor_Emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Professor Emeritus">Professor Emeritus</a>, School of English and Theatre Studies by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Guelph" title="University of Guelph">University of Guelph</a> (Ontario).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activism">Activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>King has criticized policies and programs of both the United States and Canadian governments in many interviews and books.<sup id="cite_ref-truth_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-truth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is worried about aboriginal prospects and rights in North America. He says that he fears that aboriginal culture, and specifically aboriginal land, will continue to be taken away from aboriginal peoples until there is nothing left for them at all. In his 2013 book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Inconvenient_Indian" title="The Inconvenient Indian">The Inconvenient Indian</a></i>, King says, "The issue has always been land. It will always be land, until there isn't a square foot of land left in North America that is controlled by Native people."<sup id="cite_ref-mac_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mac-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King also discusses policies regarding aboriginal status. He noted that legislatures in the 1800s in the United States and Canada withdrew aboriginal status from persons who graduated from university or joined the army. King has also worked to identify North American laws that make it complicated to claim status in the first place, for example, the US <a href="/wiki/Indian_Arts_and_Crafts_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Arts and Crafts Act">Indian Arts and Crafts Act</a> of 1990 or Canada's 1985 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Act#Loss_of_status_prior_to_1985_amendments" title="Indian Act">Bill C-31</a>. Bill C-31 amended the <i>Indian Act</i> in 1985 to allow aboriginal women and their children to reclaim status, which the Act had previously withdrawn if the woman married a non-status man. King claims that the amended act, though progressive for women who had lost their status, threatens the status of future generations because of its limitations.<sup id="cite_ref-truth_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-truth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writings">Writings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>King has been writing novels, and children's books, and collections of stories since the 1980s. His notable works include <i>A Coyote Columbus Story</i> (1992) and <i><a href="/wiki/Green_Grass,_Running_Water" title="Green Grass, Running Water">Green Grass, Running Water</a></i> (1993) – both of which were nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor General's Award">Governor General's Award</a> (the former for <a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Award_for_English-language_children%27s_literature" title="Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature">children's literature</a>, and the latter for <a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Award_for_English-language_fiction" title="Governor General's Award for English-language fiction">fiction</a><sup id="cite_ref-canlit_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canlit-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and <i>The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America</i> (2012), which won the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize.<sup id="cite_ref-taylor_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> King's novel, <i>Indians on Vacation (2020)</i>, won the <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Leacock_Memorial_Medal_for_Humour" title="Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour">Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour</a> in 2021. </p><p>King was chosen to deliver the 2003 Massey Lectures, entitled <i>The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-truth_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-truth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> King was the first Massey lecturer of self-identifying <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_peoples_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal peoples in Canada">aboriginal</a> descent. King explored the <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples" title="Indigenous peoples">Native</a> experience in oral stories, literature, history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest in order to make sense of North America's relationship with its aboriginal peoples. </p><p>King's writing style incorporates oral storytelling structures with traditional Western narrative. He writes in a conversational tone; for example, in <i>Green Grass, Running Water</i>, the narrator argues with some of the characters. In <i>The Truth About Stories</i>, King addresses the reader as if in a conversation with responses. King uses a variety of anecdotes and humorous narratives while maintaining a serious message in a way that has been compared to the style of trickster legends in Native American culture. Within this story, King also integrates the recently popularized idea of <a href="/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down" title="Turtles all the way down">turtles all the way down</a> in an anecdote introducing this narrative, calling into the relevancy of this ideology in American and Native American history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2007 King announced that he would seek the <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic Party</a> (NDP) nomination for <a href="/wiki/Guelph_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Guelph (federal electoral district)">Guelph district</a>. On March 30, 2007, he was named the NDP candidate. NDP leader <a href="/wiki/Jack_Layton" title="Jack Layton">Jack Layton</a> was present at the nomination meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_39th_Canadian_Parliament#Guelph" title="By-elections to the 39th Canadian Parliament">by-election</a> was called in the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_(Canada)" title="Electoral district (Canada)">riding</a> due to the resignation of incumbent <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a> <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Chamberlain_(politician)" title="Brenda Chamberlain (politician)">Brenda Chamberlain</a>, effective April 7, 2008. Scheduled for September 8, 2008, the by-election was cancelled with the calling of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_federal_election" title="2008 Canadian federal election">October 14, 2008 federal general election</a>. King finished fourth behind <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Frank_Valeriote" title="Frank Valeriote">Frank Valeriote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> candidate Gloria Kovach, and <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a> candidate Mike Nagy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_work">Other work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1990s, he served as <a href="/wiki/Story_editor" title="Story editor">story editor</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Four_Directions_(television_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Directions (television show)">Four Directions</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC Television</a> drama anthology series about First Nations which was held up by production and scheduling delays before finally airing in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-finally_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finally-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also wrote the teleplay "Borders", an adaptation of his own previously published short story, for the series.<sup id="cite_ref-finally_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finally-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1997 to 2000, King wrote and acted in a CBC radio show, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dead_Dog_Caf%C3%A9_Comedy_Hour" title="The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour">The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour</a></i>, which featured a fictitious town and a fictitious radio program hosted by three <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nations</a> characters. Elements were adapted from his novel, <i>Green Grass, Running Water</i>. The broadcast was a political and social satire with dark humour and mocking stereotypes. </p><p>In July 2007, King made his directorial debut with <i>I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind</i>, a short film which he wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His book of shorter poems, 77 Fragments of Familiar Ruin includes short poems, many along native themes. </p><p>In 2020, his book <i>The Inconvenient Indian</i> was adapted by <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Latimer" title="Michelle Latimer">Michelle Latimer</a> as a documentary film, <i><a href="/wiki/Inconvenient_Indian" title="Inconvenient Indian">Inconvenient Indian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His partner is Helen Hoy, a professor emerita of English and Women's Studies at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Guelph" title="University of Guelph">University of Guelph</a>, School of English and Theatre Studies.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has written a study, <i>How Should I Read These? Native Women Writers in Canada,</i> (2001). He has three children, Christian (born 1971), Benjamin (born 1985) and Elizabeth (born 1988). The couple resides in <a href="/wiki/Guelph,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Guelph, Ontario">Guelph, Ontario</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guelph_Today_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guelph_Today-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Medicine_River" title="Medicine River">Medicine River</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Viking_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking Canada">Viking Canada</a>, 1990), novel</li> <li><i>A Coyote Columbus Story</i> (<a href="/wiki/Douglas_%26_McIntyre" title="Douglas & McIntyre">Douglas & McIntyre</a>, 1992), illustrated by William Kent Monkman – Governor General's Award finalist</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Grass,_Running_Water" title="Green Grass, Running Water">Green Grass, Running Water</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Houghton_Mifflin" class="mw-redirect" title="Houghton Mifflin">Houghton Mifflin</a>, 1993), novel featuring Coyote, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26632171">26632171</a> – Governor General's Award finalist</li> <li><i>One Good Story, That One</i> (1993), stories</li> <li><i>Borders</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>Coyote Sings to the Moon</i> (1998), illus. Johnny Wales</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Truth_and_Bright_Water" title="Truth and Bright Water">Truth and Bright Water</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/HarperFlamingo" class="mw-redirect" title="HarperFlamingo">HarperFlamingo</a> Canada, 1999)</li> <li><i>The Truth About Stories</i> (<a href="/wiki/House_of_Anansi_Press" title="House of Anansi Press">House of Anansi Press</a>, 2003); US edition <i>The Truth About Stories: a native narrative</i> (U. of Minnesota Press, 2005) – Massey Lectures</li> <li><i>Coyote's New Suit</i> (2004), illus. Johnny Wales</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Short_History_of_Indians_in_Canada" title="A Short History of Indians in Canada">A Short History of Indians in Canada</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>, 2005), stories – McNally Robinson Award winner</li> <li><i>A Coyote Solstice Tale</i> (<a href="/wiki/Groundwood_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Groundwood Books">Groundwood Books</a>, 2009), illus. <a href="/wiki/Gary_Clement" title="Gary Clement">Gary Clement</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Inconvenient_Indian" title="The Inconvenient Indian">The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Doubleday_Canada" title="Doubleday Canada">Doubleday Canada</a>, 2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Back_of_the_Turtle" title="The Back of the Turtle">The Back of the Turtle</a></i> (Doubleday, 2014) – Governor General's Award winner</li> <li>77 Fragments of Familiar Ruin (2019) - Poems</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indians_on_Vacation" title="Indians on Vacation">Indians on Vacation</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Sufferance</i> (2021)</li></ul> <dl><dt>DreadfulWater Mysteries</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>Dreadful Water Shows Up</i> (2002), published under the <a href="/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">pen name</a> <b>Hartley GoodWeather</b> (reprinted 2017 as <i>DreadfulWater</i>, as author Thomas King)</li> <li><i>The Red Power Murders</i> (2006), as Hartley GoodWeather (reprinted 2017, as author Thomas King )</li> <li><i>Cold Skies</i> (2018)</li> <li><i>A Matter of Malice</i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Obsidian_(novel)" title="Obsidian (novel)">Obsidian</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i>Deep House</i> (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Double Eagle (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Black Ice (2024)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>As editor</dt></dl> <ul><li><i>The Native in Literature</i> (1987)</li> <li><i>An Anthology of Short Fiction by Native Writers in Canada</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>All My Relations: an anthology of contemporary Canadian native fiction</i> (Toronto: <a href="/wiki/McClelland_%26_Stewart" title="McClelland & Stewart">McClelland & Stewart</a>, 1990)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selected_short_stories">Selected short stories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Selected short stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Short story collections are listed above. </p> <ul><li>"Coyote and the Enemy Aliens" (HarperCollins, 2012), ebook, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/877892260">877892260</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scripts">Scripts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Scripts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Four_Directions" class="mw-redirect" title="Four Directions">Four Directions</a></i> (CBC Television, 1996), drama anthology series, as editor and sometime writer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dead_Dog_Caf%C3%A9_Comedy_Hour" title="The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour">The Dead Dog Café Comedy Hour</a></i> (CBC Radio, 1997 to 2000) and its sequels (2002 and 2006)</li> <li><i>I'm Not The Indian You Had In Mind</i>, 2007, short film also directed by King</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary_awards">Literary awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Literary awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Nominated for a <a href="/wiki/1992_Governor_General%27s_Awards" title="1992 Governor General's Awards">Governor General's Award in 1992</a> for <i>A Coyote Columbus Story</i>.</li> <li>Nominated for a <a href="/wiki/1993_Governor_General%27s_Awards" title="1993 Governor General's Awards">Governor General's Award in 1993</a> for <i>Green Grass, Running Water</i>.</li> <li>Won the <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Leacock_Memorial_Medal_for_Humour" title="Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour">Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour</a> in 2021 for <i>Indians on Vacation</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Green Grass, Running Water</i> was chosen for the inclusion in the 2004 edition of <i><a href="/wiki/Canada_Reads" title="Canada Reads">Canada Reads</a></i>, and championed by then-<a href="/wiki/Winnipeg" title="Winnipeg">Winnipeg</a> <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Glen_Murray_(politician)" title="Glen Murray (politician)">Glen Murray</a>. In the 2015 edition of <i>Canada Reads</i>, his non-fiction book <i>The Inconvenient Indian</i> was defended by activist <a href="/wiki/Craig_Kielburger" title="Craig Kielburger">Craig Kielburger</a>.</li> <li><i>A Short History of Indians in Canada</i> won the 2006 <a href="/wiki/McNally_Robinson_Aboriginal_Book_of_the_Year_Award" title="McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award">McNally Robinson Aboriginal Book of the Year Award</a>.</li> <li><i>The Inconvenient Indian</i> won the 2014 <a href="/wiki/RBC_Taylor_Prize" title="RBC Taylor Prize">RBC Taylor Prize</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-taylor_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a finalist for the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Weston_Writers%27_Trust_Prize_for_Nonfiction" title="Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction">Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction</a> and the 2014 <a href="/wiki/Burt_Award_for_First_Nations,_M%C3%A9tis_and_Inuit_Literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature">Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Back of the Turtle</i> won the <a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Award_for_English-language_fiction" title="Governor General's Award for English-language fiction">Governor General's Award for English-language fiction</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2014_Governor_General%27s_Awards" title="2014 Governor General's Awards">2014 Governor General's Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-winners_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winners-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Indians on Vacation</i> was shortlisted for the <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Writers%27_Trust_Fiction_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize">Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for the <a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Award_for_English-language_fiction" title="Governor General's Award for English-language fiction">Governor General's Award for English-language fiction</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Governor_General%27s_Awards" title="2020 Governor General's Awards">2020 Governor General's Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honors">Honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2004, King was made a Member of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>.</li> <li>In November 2020, King was named a Companion of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>. He had been named a Member of the Order of Canada six years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-Guelph_Today_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guelph_Today-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The naming was because of King's "enduring contributions to the preservation and recognition of indigenous culture, as one of North America’s most acclaimed literary figures".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Selected in 2003 to give the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) <a href="/wiki/Massey_Lectures" title="Massey Lectures">Massey Lectures</a>. The series, entitled <i>The Truth About Stories</i>, was published that year by the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Anansi_Press" title="House of Anansi Press">House of Anansi Press</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Guelph_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Guelph (federal electoral district)">Guelph</a> – <a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_federal_election" title="2008 Canadian federal election">2008 Canadian federal election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Valeriote" title="Frank Valeriote">Frank Valeriote</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,977</td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.22%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-6.17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>Gloria Kovach</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,185</td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.18%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.57 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Mike Nagy</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,456</td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.15%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Thomas King</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,709</td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.49%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-5.51 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #D2B48C; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Marijuana_Party_(Canada)" title="Marijuana Party (Canada)">Marijuana</a></td> <td>Kornelis Kleverling</td> <td style="text-align:right;">172</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.27%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F2BA00; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Canada" title="Libertarian Party of Canada">Libertarian</a></td> <td>Philip Bender</td> <td style="text-align:right;">159</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.27%</td> <td style="text-align:right;">N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FF6347; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada" title="Communist Party of Canada">Communist</a></td> <td>Drew Garvie</td> <td style="text-align:right;">77</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.13%</td> <td 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CBC Radio One (cbc.ca). Retrieved September 7, 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100514033049/http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey/massey2003.html">Archived</a> May 14, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKing2003" class="citation book cs1">King, Thomas (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52877468"><i>The truth about stories : a native narrative</i></a>. 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Retrieved April 7, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-taylor-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-taylor_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-taylor_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/thomas-king-wins-25k-rbc-taylor-prize-for-non-fiction-1.2566943">"Thomas King wins $25K RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CBC_News" title="CBC News">CBC News</a>. March 10, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefountainpen.com/cgi-bin/showstory?id=5906">"Tom King acclaimed as federal NDP candidate"</a>. <i>The Fountain Pen</i>. Guelph, Ontario. 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November 18, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2020/10/06/thomas-king-gil-adamson-among-finalists-for-50k-writers-trust-fiction-prize.html">"Thomas King, Gil Adamson among finalists for $50K Writers' Trust Fiction Prize"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Star" title="Toronto Star">Toronto Star</a></i>, October 6, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbc.ca/books/francesca-ekwuyasi-billy-ray-belcourt-anne-carson-among-2020-governor-general-s-literary-awards-finalists-1.6004149">"Francesca Ekwuyasi, Billy-Ray Belcourt & Anne Carson among 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CBC_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="CBC Books">CBC Books</a>, May 4, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/tessa-virtue-and-scott-moir-receive-order-of-canada-3132390">"Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir receive Order of Canada"</a>. Kitchener Today. 27 November 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 November</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tessa+Virtue+and+Scott+Moir+receive+Order+of+Canada&rft.pub=Kitchener+Today&rft.date=2020-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkitchener.citynews.ca%2Flocal-news%2Ftessa-virtue-and-scott-moir-receive-order-of-canada-3132390&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+King+%28novelist%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <ul><li>W. H. New. <i>Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada</i>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. 577–80.</li> <li>Patrick, R. B. (2021, June 7). Thomas King is hopeful that his writing has changed the world - but he’s still not sure | CBC books. CBCnews. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.cbc.ca/books/thomas-king-is-hopeful-that-his-writing-has-changed-the-world-but-he-s-still-not-sure-1.5795015">https://www.cbc.ca/books/thomas-king-is-hopeful-that-his-writing-has-changed-the-world-but-he-s-still-not-sure-1.5795015</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Eva Gruber, ed. <i>Thomas King: Works and Impact</i>. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2012. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781571134356" title="Special:BookSources/9781571134356">9781571134356</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_King_(novelist)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/nr91010641">Thomas King</a> at <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, with 18 library catalogue records</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lccn.loc.gov/n2003036468">Hartley GoodWeather</a> (pseudonym) at LC Authorities, with 2 records</li> <li>Archives of Thomas King <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=4948417&lang=eng">(Thomas King, R15938)</a> are held at <a href="/wiki/Library_and_Archives_Canada" title="Library and Archives Canada">Library and Archives Canada</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output 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id="Winners_of_the_Governor_General&#039;s_Award_for_English-language_fiction122" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Winners of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Award_for_English-language_fiction" title="Governor General's Award for English-language fiction">Governor General's Award for English-language fiction</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bertram_Brooker" title="Bertram Brooker">Bertram Brooker</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Think_of_the_Earth" title="Think of the Earth">Think of the Earth</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Salverson" title="Laura Salverson">Laura Salverson</a>, <i>The Dark Weaver</i> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwethalyn_Graham" title="Gwethalyn Graham">Gwethalyn Graham</a>, <i>Swiss Sonata</i> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._McDowell" title="Franklin D. McDowell">Franklin D. McDowell</a>, <i>The Champlain Road</i> (1939)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ringuet" class="mw-redirect" title="Ringuet">Ringuet</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Thirty_Acres" title="Thirty Acres">Thirty Acres</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Sullivan" title="Alan Sullivan">Alan Sullivan</a>, <i>Three Came to Ville Marie</i> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Herbert_Sallans" title="G. Herbert Sallans">G. Herbert Sallans</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Man_(novel)" title="Little Man (novel)">Little Man</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Head_Raddall" title="Thomas Head Raddall">Thomas Head Raddall</a>, <i>The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek</i> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwethalyn_Graham" title="Gwethalyn Graham">Gwethalyn Graham</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Earth_and_High_Heaven" title="Earth and High Heaven">Earth and High Heaven</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_MacLennan" title="Hugh MacLennan">Hugh MacLennan</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Solitudes_(novel)" title="Two Solitudes (novel)">Two Solitudes</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winifred_Bambrick" title="Winifred Bambrick">Winifred Bambrick</a>, <i>Continental Revue</i> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Roy" title="Gabrielle Roy">Gabrielle Roy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tin_Flute" title="The Tin Flute">The Tin Flute</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_MacLennan" title="Hugh MacLennan">Hugh MacLennan</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Precipice_(MacLennan_novel)" title="The Precipice (MacLennan novel)">The Precipice</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Child" title="Philip Child">Philip Child</a>, <i>Mr. Ames Against Time</i> (1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germaine_Gu%C3%A8vremont" title="Germaine Guèvremont">Germaine Guèvremont</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Outlander_(Canadian_novel)" title="The Outlander (Canadian novel)">The Outlander</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morley_Callaghan" title="Morley Callaghan">Morley Callaghan</a>, <i>The Loved and the Lost</i> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walker_(author)" title="David Walker (author)">David Walker</a>, <i>The Pillar</i> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walker_(author)" title="David Walker (author)">David Walker</a>, <i>Digby</i> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Gouzenko" title="Igor Gouzenko">Igor Gouzenko</a>, <i>The Fall of a Titan</i> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Shapiro" title="Lionel Shapiro">Lionel Shapiro</a>, <i>The Sixth of June</i> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adele_Wiseman" title="Adele Wiseman">Adele Wiseman</a>, <i>The Sacrifice</i> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_Roy" title="Gabrielle Roy">Gabrielle Roy</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Street_of_Riches" title="Street of Riches">Street of Riches</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_McDougall" title="Colin McDougall">Colin McDougall</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Execution_(novel)" title="Execution (novel)">Execution</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_MacLennan" title="Hugh MacLennan">Hugh MacLennan</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Watch_That_Ends_the_Night" title="The Watch That Ends the Night">The Watch That Ends the Night</a></i> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_(novelist)" title="Brian Moore (novelist)">Brian Moore</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Luck_of_Ginger_Coffey_(novel)" title="The Luck of Ginger Coffey (novel)">The Luck of Ginger Coffey</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Lowry" title="Malcolm Lowry">Malcolm Lowry</a>, <i>Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place</i> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildare_Dobbs" title="Kildare Dobbs">Kildare Dobbs</a>, <i>Running to Paradise</i> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Garner" title="Hugh Garner">Hugh Garner</a>, <i>Hugh Garner's Best Stories</i> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_LePan" title="Douglas LePan">Douglas LePan</a>, <i>The Deserter</i> (1964)</li> <li>[no award] (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Laurence" title="Margaret Laurence">Margaret Laurence</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Jest_of_God" title="A Jest of God">A Jest of God</a></i> (1966)</li> <li>[no award] (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Munro" title="Alice Munro">Alice Munro</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dance_of_the_Happy_Shades" title="Dance of the Happy Shades">Dance of the Happy Shades</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kroetsch" title="Robert Kroetsch">Robert Kroetsch</a>, <i>The Studhorse Man</i> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Godfrey" title="Dave Godfrey">Dave Godfrey</a>, <i>The New Ancestors</i> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Richler" title="Mordecai Richler">Mordecai Richler</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/St._Urbain%27s_Horseman" title="St. Urbain's Horseman">St. Urbain's Horseman</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_Davies" title="Robertson Davies">Robertson Davies</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Manticore" title="The Manticore">The Manticore</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Wiebe" title="Rudy Wiebe">Rudy Wiebe</a>, <i>The Temptations of Big Bear</i> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Laurence" title="Margaret Laurence">Margaret Laurence</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diviners" title="The Diviners">The Diviners</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Moore_(novelist)" title="Brian Moore (novelist)">Brian Moore</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Victorian_Collection" title="The Great Victorian Collection">The Great Victorian Collection</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Engel" title="Marian Engel">Marian Engel</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bear_(novel)" title="Bear (novel)">Bear</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Findley" title="Timothy Findley">Timothy Findley</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wars" title="The Wars">The Wars</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Munro" title="Alice Munro">Alice Munro</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(book)" title="Who Do You Think You Are? (book)">Who Do You Think You Are?</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Hodgins" title="Jack Hodgins">Jack Hodgins</a>, <i>The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne</i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Bowering" title="George Bowering">George Bowering</a>, <i>Burning Water</i> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavis_Gallant" title="Mavis Gallant">Mavis Gallant</a>, <i>Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories</i> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe" title="Guy Vanderhaeghe">Guy Vanderhaeghe</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Man_Descending" title="Man Descending">Man Descending</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Rooke" title="Leon Rooke">Leon Rooke</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Dog" title="Shakespeare's Dog">Shakespeare's Dog</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_%C5%A0kvoreck%C3%BD" title="Josef Škvorecký">Josef Škvorecký</a>, <i>The Engineer of Human Souls</i> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Atwood" title="Margaret Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale" title="The Handmaid's Tale">The Handmaid's Tale</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Munro" title="Alice Munro">Alice Munro</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Progress_of_Love" title="The Progress of Love">The Progress of Love</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._T._Kelly" title="M. T. Kelly">M. T. Kelly</a>, <i>A Dream Like Mine</i> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Adams_Richards" title="David Adams Richards">David Adams Richards</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nights_Below_Station_Street" title="Nights Below Station Street">Nights Below Station Street</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Quarrington" title="Paul Quarrington">Paul Quarrington</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Whale_Music_(novel)" title="Whale Music (novel)">Whale Music</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nino_Ricci" title="Nino Ricci">Nino Ricci</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lives_of_the_Saints_(Ricci_novel)" title="Lives of the Saints (Ricci novel)">Lives of the Saints</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohinton_Mistry" title="Rohinton Mistry">Rohinton Mistry</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Such_a_Long_Journey_(novel)" title="Such a Long Journey (novel)">Such a Long Journey</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ondaatje" title="Michael Ondaatje">Michael Ondaatje</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_English_Patient" title="The English Patient">The English Patient</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Shields" title="Carol Shields">Carol Shields</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Stone_Diaries" title="The Stone Diaries">The Stone Diaries</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Wiebe" title="Rudy Wiebe">Rudy Wiebe</a>, <i>A Discovery of Strangers</i> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Hollingshead" title="Greg Hollingshead">Greg Hollingshead</a>, <i>The Roaring Girl</i> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe" title="Guy Vanderhaeghe">Guy Vanderhaeghe</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Englishman%27s_Boy" title="The Englishman's Boy">The Englishman's Boy</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Urquhart" title="Jane Urquhart">Jane Urquhart</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Underpainter" title="The Underpainter">The Underpainter</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Schoemperlen" title="Diane Schoemperlen">Diane Schoemperlen</a>, <i>Forms of Devotion</i> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Cohen_(writer)" title="Matt Cohen (writer)">Matt Cohen</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_and_After" title="Elizabeth and After">Elizabeth and After</a></i> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ondaatje" title="Michael Ondaatje">Michael Ondaatje</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Anil%27s_Ghost" title="Anil's Ghost">Anil's Ghost</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Wright" title="Richard B. Wright">Richard B. Wright</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Clara_Callan" title="Clara Callan">Clara Callan</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Sawai" title="Gloria Sawai">Gloria Sawai</a>, <i>A Song for Nettie Johnson</i> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Glover_(writer)" title="Douglas Glover (writer)">Douglas Glover</a>, <i>Elle</i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miriam_Toews" title="Miriam Toews">Miriam Toews</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Complicated_Kindness" title="A Complicated Kindness">A Complicated Kindness</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gilmour_(writer)" title="David Gilmour (writer)">David Gilmour</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Perfect_Night_to_Go_to_China" title="A Perfect Night to Go to China">A Perfect Night to Go to China</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Behrens_(writer)" title="Peter Behrens (writer)">Peter Behrens</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Law_of_Dreams" title="The Law of Dreams">The Law of Dreams</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ondaatje" title="Michael Ondaatje">Michael Ondaatje</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Divisadero_(novel)" title="Divisadero (novel)">Divisadero</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nino_Ricci" title="Nino Ricci">Nino Ricci</a>, <i>The Origin of Species</i> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Pullinger" title="Kate Pullinger">Kate Pullinger</a>, <i>The Mistress of Nothing</i> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Warren" title="Dianne Warren">Dianne Warren</a>, <i>Cool Water</i> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_deWitt" title="Patrick deWitt">Patrick deWitt</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sisters_Brothers" title="The Sisters Brothers">The Sisters Brothers</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Spalding" title="Linda Spalding">Linda Spalding</a>, <i>The Purchase</i> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Catton" title="Eleanor Catton">Eleanor Catton</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Luminaries" title="The Luminaries">The Luminaries</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Thomas King</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Back_of_the_Turtle" title="The Back of the Turtle">The Back of the Turtle</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Vanderhaeghe" title="Guy Vanderhaeghe">Guy Vanderhaeghe</a>, <i>Daddy Lenin and Other Stories</i> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Thien" title="Madeleine Thien">Madeleine Thien</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Do_Not_Say_We_Have_Nothing" title="Do Not Say We Have Nothing">Do Not Say We Have Nothing</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Thomas_Hynes" title="Joel Thomas Hynes">Joel Thomas Hynes</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/We%27ll_All_Be_Burnt_in_Our_Beds_Some_Night" title="We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night">We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Henstra" title="Sarah Henstra">Sarah Henstra</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Red_Word" title="The Red Word">The Red Word</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Thomas" title="Joan Thomas">Joan Thomas</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Five_Wives" title="Five Wives">Five Wives</a></i> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Good" title="Michelle Good">Michelle Good</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Five_Little_Indians_(novel)" title="Five Little Indians (novel)">Five Little Indians</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Dunning" title="Norma Dunning">Norma Dunning</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tainna" title="Tainna">Tainna</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Heti" title="Sheila Heti">Sheila Heti</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pure_Colour" title="Pure Colour">Pure Colour</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuja_Varghese" 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