Boyden, Joseph

Joseph Boyden, novelist, short-story writer (born 31 October 1966 in Toronto). Joseph Boyden is of Irish, Scots, and Métis descent and the son of a highly decorated medical officer of World War II (Raymond Wilfrid Boyden). Joseph Boyden became widely known in Canada following the publication of his debut novel Three Day Road in 2005, which won numerous awardsand was nominated for a Governor General’s Award. His second novel, Through Black Spruce, won the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Boyden’s work focuses on the historical and contemporary experience of First Nations peoples of northern Ontario.
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