David Boyd is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 children's author residing in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

St. Stephen, New Brunswick

St. Stephen is a Canadian town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, situated on the east bank of the St. Croix River at .-Climate:...

. He is a retired English and Media teacher at Appleby College

Appleby College

Appleby College is an international independent school located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1911 by John Guest, a former Headmaster of the Preparatory School at Upper Canada College...

 (high school). Boyd is also a historical fiction novelist, and a playwright, having adapted Shakespeare's Macbeth

Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...

to create Macbeth: A Multimedia Event (1995) and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....

to create Caesar: A Multimedia Event (2005). In 1996, his work Bottom Drawer was nominated for a Governor General's Award

1996 Governor General's Awards

The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 14, 1996.-English Language:FictionWinner:*Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's BoyOther Finalists:*Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace...

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Works:

• The Face in the Flames - 1989, reprinted 1998
• Spellbound! - 1990, reprinted 1998
• The Danger Beneath - 1990, reprinted 1998
• Earthwatch - 1990, reprinted 1998
• Looking for a Hero - 1993
• Champlain Summer - 1993
• Bottom Drawer - 1996 (Nominated for a Governor General's Award
  1996 Governor General's Awards
  The 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were presented on November 14, 1996.-English Language:FictionWinner:*Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's BoyOther Finalists:*Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace...
  
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• On The Lines: The Adventures of a Linesman in the N.H.L. (co-authored with Ron Finn) - 1993
• Leonardo’s Wings - 2005
• Little Sure Shot - 2005
• Khan of Khans - 2005
• Marco Polo and the Roc - 2006
• The Hidden Message - 2006
• Pearl Harbor
  Pearl Harbor
  Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet...
  
  - 2006
• Beware the Vikings - 2006
• Napoleon's Land Stand - 2006
• Hannibal - 2006
• Pearl of the Tsars - 2007
• Battle of Queenston Heights - 2007
• Closer To Hamlet - 2010
• Aftermath - 2010 (eBook edition)
• Runner - 2010 (eBook edition)

External links

• http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/profiles/boyd.html