Turner, Michael

TURNER, Michael, writer (b 1962, N Vancouver). As a teenager he spent his summers working in a fish cannery on the SKEENA R (see SALMON CANNING) and his first book, Company Town (1992), was a collection of poetic narratives that drew on this experience. After graduating from the UNIV OF VICTORIA he played for 7 years with a hillbilly-punk band, the Hard Rock Miners, which provided material for his second book, Hard Core Logo (1993). He won a Genie Award for co-writing 6 original songs for the...

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