Runaway Dreams
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Wagamese is Ojibway and a member of the Sturgeon Clan. Separated from his people by foster care and adoption he effectively disappeared for twenty years. When he reconnected with his people, elders told him that his role was to be a storyteller. So armed only with a grade nine education he undertook their teachings and guidance. What resulted was an award-winning career of thirty-two years as a journalist in radio, television and newspapers and then, beginning in 1994, as a published and award-winning author. He has published eight titles in non-fiction, fiction and now, poetry. He is recognized as one of Canada’s foremost Native writers and journalists. A renowned public speaker and storyteller, he has taught in universities, colleges and high schools, and he has led workshops in every part of Canada. He was honoured by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 2010. He lives with his wife, Debra Powell, in the mountains outside Kamloops.