Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the world.

We all fight on two fronts, the one facing the enemy, the one facing what we do to the enemy.

Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view of the world.

I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.

Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, the side of the French Jesuit missionaries that came to live in what is now Ontario.

I'm fascinated by the magic realism used by many writers. I think it goes hand-in-hand with the Indian experience. It's a very different way of viewing the world.

I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.