University Teacher at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler is the author of Ghost Lake, which won the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award in Published English Fiction, and of Wrist, an Indigenous monster story written from the monster’s perspective (both from Kegedonce Press).
He is co-editor of Bawaajigan—Stories of Power, a dream-themed anthology of Indigenous writers (Exile Editions). He is an artist and filmmaker who works in a variety of mediums, including audio and video, and drawing and painting. Nathan is the first-place winner of an Aboriginal Writing Challenge, and recipient of a Hnatyshyn Reveal award for literature. He has an MFA in Creative Writing (UBC), BFA in Integrated Media (OCAD), and BA in English Literature and Native Studies (Trent).
His writing is published in various magazines, blogs, and anthologies. He is a two-spirit, Jewish, Anishinaabe, and member of Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation. Originally from Ontario, he currently resides in Vancouver.
