title: The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative (Indigenous Americas)
author:  Thomas King 
description: <div>Illuminates the relationship between storytelling and the Native North American experience.</div>
zlib_text: # [About the Author](toc.html#ata)
  
  
  **Thomas King** is an award-winning novelist, short story writer,
  scriptwriter, and photographer of Cherokee and Greek descent. His critically
  acclaimed, bestselling fiction includes _Medicine River_ ; _Green Grass,
  Running Water_ ; _Truth and Bright Water_ ; _One Good Story, That One_ ; and
  _A Short History of Indians in Canada_. _The Inconvenient Indian_ , a work of
  non-fiction, won several national prizes and was described by Joseph Boyden as
  “destined to become a classic of historical narrative.” In addition to its
  many award distinctions, _Green Grass, Running Water_ was named to _Quill &
  Quire_’s Best Canadian Fiction of the Century list. A member of the Order of
  Canada and the recipient of an award from the National Aboriginal Achievement
  Foundation, Thomas King taught at the University of Lethbridge and was Chair
  of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota before moving to the
  University of Guelph.
  
  
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