Author Profile - Drew Hayden Taylor

Drew Hayden Taylor(Can) Drew Hayden Taylor is an Ojibway from Ontario’s Curve Lake First Nations and one of Canada's leading Aboriginal playwrights and humourists and a self-described contemporary story teller. Through his books, most notably his Funny, You Don’t Look Like One series, Taylor has tried to educate and inform the world about issues that affect the lives of Canada's First Nations. Taylor's career has spanned everything from journalism, to scriptwriting, to working on documentaries exploring the Native experience. Taylor recently released The Night Wanderer; a gothic novel for young teens about a vampire returning to his tribal home after centuries spent in Europe.		Publications
		The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Tale Written by Drew Hayden Taylor (Annick Press, 2007)
		Resources The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Tale






The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Tale (Annick Press, 2007) Tiffany is a 16-year-old girl living in Otter Lake Reserve. Tiffany is on cloud nine, mostly because of her new white boyfriend Tony. That is, until her father announces that Tiffany will have to move out of her room and into the basement when a mysterious European boarder comes to stay at the house. Suddenly, everything is going wrong, school, her failing friendships and the sneaking suspicion that there is something very strange about their houseguest Pierre. Pierre too is experiencing turmoil, trying to repress something quite sinister inside him.