David Geary is of Māori, English, Irish and Scottish blood. His iwi/tribe in Aotearoa New Zealand is the Taranaki. He grew up immersed in the Polynesian trickster tales of Māui and is now honoured to live in the lands of the Coyote and Raven tricksters of Turtle Island, on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples in colonial North Vancouver. He is a playwright, dramaturg, screenwriter, director, fiction writer and poet. David teaches playwriting, documentary, and screenwriting in the IDF Indigenous Digital Filmmaking program at Capilano University. He also teaches playwriting for PTC Playwrights Theatre Centre in Vancouver. His recent theatre work includes short plays for Climate Change Theatre Action and a full-length play: QEIII/Black Betty – a lost Shakespeare play. David's recent fiction can be found in Pūrākau: Māori Myths Retold by Māori Writers and Bawaajigan: Stories of Power from Exile. He writes haiku on twitter and wrote about his love for this form. A member of LMDA Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, David does script consultation for theatre, TV and Film. He lives by the yogic mantra: Life is short, stretch it.