Thomas King was born in 1943 in Sacramento, California. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Chico State University in California and his Ph.D. in English/American Studies from the University of Utah in 1986. King taught Native studies at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta for a decade and was the Chair of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. Since 1995, he has been an English professor at the University of Guelph. In addition to his novels, articles, and poems, King wrote and starred in The Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour for CBC Radio.

Books by Thomas King

	1990 Medicine River
	1992 A Coyote Columbus Story
	1993 Green Grass, Running Water
	1993 One Good Story, That One: Stories
	1998 Coyote Sings to the Moon
	1999 Truth & Bright Water
	2002 DreadfulWater Shows Up: A Novel by Hartley GoodWeather
	2003 The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative (Massey Lectures)
	2004 Coyote's New Suit
	2005 A Short History of Indians in Canada
	2006 The Red Power Murders (as Hartley GoodWeather)
	2009 A Coyote Solstice Tale
	2012 The Inconvenient Indian A Curious Account of Native People in North America
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Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2004 – Green Grass, Running Water – Shortlisted
  • 2015 – The Inconvenient Indian – Shortlisted

• Evergreen Award
  • 2014 – The Inconvenient Indian – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Children's Literature
  • 1992 – A Coyote Columbus Story – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction
  • 1993 – Green Grass, Running Water – Shortlisted
  • 2014 – The Back of the Turtle – Shortlisted

• Order of Canada
  • 2004 – Member

• Silver Birch Award
  • 2011 – A Coyote Solstice Tale – Shortlisted

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Added 09 February 2006.
Updated 20 January 2015.