Joseph Boyden

Joseph Boyden is a Canadian novelist and short story writer whose work largely centers on First Nations culture. His novel Three Day Road follows two Cree soldiers fighting in the Canadian military during World War I, drawing on the life of the Ojibwa sniper Francis Pegahmagabow. Through Black Spruce continues the story through Will, the son of one of that novel's characters, and the Bird family trilogy closes with The Orenda, published in 2013.