M.D. Meyer
M. D. Meyer, who also writes books under her full name, Dorene Meyer, is an author whose writing mainly on Indigenous characters or communities.
Dorene Meyer spent the first four years of her life in Lac Suel, a First Nations community, where her father was an Anglican priest. Dorene's mother moved with her three children to Sioux Lookout, where Dorene lived until she left for college in the USA at age 18, and also went on a student program to Poland. She lived in various other parts of Canada and the USA but with her husband, John, raised their three boys up north again in Red Lake, Ontario.
Dorene now resides in Norway House, a Cree community in northern Manitoba where she writes and also teaches part-time at University College of the North.
Dorene has won several awards, honors and grants for her books. She is a member of the Manitoba Writers Guild and The Word Guild.
Teen Books (1)
Synopsis:
This beautifully bound and illustrated 8 ½ X 11 hard cover book contains the work of thirty-nine young Aboriginal authors from the grade six classes at Jack River School in Norway House, MB. Each of the student stories and artwork reflects one of the Seven Teachings.