Wayne Arthurson is a Canadian writer from Alberta. He is the author of several novels and several books related to First Nations peoples.[1][2] His parents are of Cree and French Canadian descent. He grew up on an army base.[3][4]
Arthurson's first novel, Final Season, published in 2002, is set in a First Nations community that faces profound environmental change, due to a new hydroelectric project.[5]
Arthurson has two mystery series with the recurring hero Leo Desroches, a metis journalist, who has had his own run-ins with the law.[3][6] Fall from Grace was published in 2011, A Killing Winter was published in 2012, and Blood Red Summer was published in 2015.
His second series starts with Dishonour in Camp 133 is set in a POW camp for captured Germans, in Alberta.[3]
The hero of Arthurson's sixth novel, The Red Chesterfield, published in 2019, is "M", a by-law enforcement officer.[4]
Bibliography edit
- Wayne Arthurson (2019). The Red Chesterfield. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 9781773850771.
- Wayne Arthurson (2019). Dishonour in Camp 133. Turnstone Press. ISBN 9780888016218.
- Wayne Arthurson (2016). Blood Red Summer. Eschia Books. ISBN 9781926696270.
- Wayne Arthurson (2015). Fall from Grace. self-published. ISBN 9781515143406.
- Wayne Arthurson (2012). Alberta's Weekly Newspapers. Folklore Pub. ISBN 9781926677804.
- Wayne Arthurson (2012). A Killing Winter. Macmillan. ISBN 9781429924603.
- Wayne Arthurson (2012). Spirit Animals. Eschia Books. ISBN 9781926696218.
- Wayne Arthurson (2010). In the Shadow of Our Ancestors: The Inventions and Genius of the First Peoples. Eschia Books. ISBN 9781926696133.
- Wayne Arthurson (2002). Final Season. Thistledown Press. ISBN 9781894345484.
References edit
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Fish Griwkowsky (2019-11-07). "Three to See Thursday: Arthurson launch, Rainbow Visions opens and Hideout dance party". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
Prolific Edmonton author Wayne Arthurson launches his latest, a crime novel, family drama and fable all at once.
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Wayne Arthurson (2018-12-19). "Diversity in crime writing: Wayne Arthurson on how white voices overwhelm Indigenous crime fiction". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
The Stoic Warrior, the Uncanny Tracker, the Magic Indian, the Comic Relief Indian, the Wise Elder, the Savage Indian, the Badass Native, the Environmental Activist, the Corrupt Chief – these broad portrayals take up a lot of character space in these novels.
- ^ a b c Candy Palmater (2017-05-24). "Blood Red Summer: Wayne Arthurson". CBC Books. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
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Shelagh Rogers (2020-03-27). "Wayne Arthurson plays with the mystery genre and magic in his novel The Red Chesterfield". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
In his latest, The Red Chesterfield, he purposefully subverts the mystery form with a story that has clues that lead nowhere and motivations that are deliberately ambiguous.
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Jim Bartley (2003-01-04). "Keeping despair at bay". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
In Edmonton writer Wayne Arthurson's debut novel, the lakeside village of Grand Rapids, Manitoba, becomes the forlorn hub of a native fishing community negotiating the shocks of a massive hydro-electric project.
- ^ Rachel Haliburton (2018). "The Ethical Detective: Moral Philosophy and Detective Fiction". Lexington Books. pp. 87, 99, 102, 103, 130. ISBN 9781498536813. Retrieved 2020-04-14.