Wayne Arthurson

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

• 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.