Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. An award-winning author of eleven books, the creator of four short films, and has released three albums that combine storytelling with music. Ivan is a seasoned stage performer and long-time road dog, and over the last twenty years has become an audience favourite at storytelling, writer’s, film, poetry, and folk music festivals from Anchorage to Amsterdam.

Ivan began performing in 1992, and in 1996 co-founded Taste This, a four person performance troupe that combined live music, storytelling and performance poetry to create a text-driven genre-busting collaborative exchange. Taste This toured North America extensively and in 1998 the four artists published Boys Like Her, a critically acclaimed book that took the stage show to the printed page. Boys Like Her sold out three editions and continues to be considered a notable Canadian contribution to the dialogue around gender identity and sexuality.

2014, Gender Failure hit the shelves. Based on their acclaimed 2012 live show that toured across Canada and the US and in Europe. Ivan writes about their years as a young butch, in the most recent release, The Tomboy Survival Guide (2016) which was shortlisted for The Hilary Weston Writers′ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.

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