Frank Christopher Busch is a

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writer from Canada, who was a winner of the

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in 2015 for his debut novel ''Grey Eyes''. A member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Manitoba,"Novel a piece of lost aboriginal culture"
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'', October 16, 2014. he wrote the novel after interviewing

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survivors while working for a law firm in Winnipeg. He currently lives on the Westbank First Nation in British Columbia, where he is director of marketing for the First Nations Finance Authority."Grey Eyes, new First Nations novel, breaks with tradition"
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'', September 23, 2014.

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