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Joseph Boyden
Joseph Boyden (born October 31, 1966) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His first novel, ''Three Day Road'' won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His second novel, ''Through Black Spruce'', won the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and his third book, ''The Orenda'' was named the winner of the 2014 edition of ''Canada Reads''.
==Life and career==
Boyden grew up in Willowdale, North York, Ontario and attended the Jesuit-run Brebeuf College School. Boyden experienced depression in his teenage years, and has admitted that he attempted suicide at sixteen. Boyden's father Raymond Wilfrid Boyden was a medical officer renowned for his bravery, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and was the most highly decorated medical officer of World War II.〔(Author Profile: Joseph Boyden ) in ''Quill & Quire''.〕
Of Irish, Scottish and Anishinaabe heritage, Boyden writes about First Nations heritage and culture. ''Three Day Road'', a novel about two Cree soldiers serving in the Canadian military during World War I, is inspired by Ojibwa Francis Pegahmagabow, the legendary First World War sniper. Boyden's second novel, ''Through Black Spruce'' follows the story of Will, son of one of the characters in ''Three Day Road''. He has indicated in interviews that the titles are part of a planned trilogy, the third of which is forthcoming.〔("Joseph Boyden talks about winning the Giller Prize" ), ''National Post'', November 12, 2008.〕
Boyden studied creative writing at York University and the University of New Orleans, and subsequently taught in the Aboriginal Student Program at Northern College. He is currently a Lecturer with the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing Program.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=March 7, 2014 )〕 He divides his time between Louisiana, where he and his wife, Amanda Boyden, are writers in residence, and Northern Ontario.
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