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Michael Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue) is an award-winning screenwriter, director, and author of Māori descent. His fiction series is the Hana Westerman thrillers that feature a Māori detective solving murders connected to New Zealand's history. |
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Cherie Dimaline is an award-winning Metis author and editor based in Canada. She writes fiction for both teens and adults in various genres, often with a speculative bent. Most of her works feature a lyrical tone with character-driven narratives and an atmospheric setting. She often explores how her characters connect to their heritage. |
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Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico. As a police department photographer in Alberquerque, New Mexico, she spent 16 years documenting crime scenes before becoming a novelist and inspiring her Rita Todacheene novels series that features a forensics crime photographer who can communicate with ghosts. |
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National bestselling author Kali Fajardo-Anstine writes novels with Indigenous and Latin characters with emotionally intense moods, richy detailed style, and a strong sense of place. |
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Award-winning Native American author and 23rd United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo writes fiction and nonfiction, short stories, and poetry for adults, teens, and younger kids, often exploring social justice and personal identity. The use of symbolism in her poetry and short stories brings aspects of Native culture vividly to life, touching upon modern Indigenous issues and offering an important perspective on longstanding prejudices. |
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Brandon Hobson is a fiction writer primarily known for literary fiction novels that are inspired by Indigenous folklore. His novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. |
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Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Potawatomi botanist, author, and the director of the Center for Native Peoples. Her numerous nonfiction works focus on blending Western science with Indigenous environmental knowledge. |
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Ann-Helén Laestadius is an author and journalist from Kiruna, Sweden. She is Sámi and of Tornedalian descent, two of Sweden’s national minorities. She is the author of Stolen–which was named Sweden’s Book of the Year, longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, and adapted for a Netflix film–and Punished, both #1 bestsellers in Sweden. |
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Navarre Scotte Momaday was a Kiowa and American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He was a leading figure in a Native American literary renaissance. His poetry books are rooted in Native American oral tradition and the connection to the natural world. He passed away in 2024 at the age of 89. |
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Amanda Peters is a Canadian writer of Mi'kmaq heritage, whose debut novel The Berry Pickers was the winner of the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Her writing has been described as haunting and moving with first-person narratives. |
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Mystery and suspense author Marcie R. Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Anishinabe Nation. She is a mother, grandmother, writer, and performance artist. A recipient of the Loft's Inroads Writers of Color Award for Native Americans, she studied under Anishinabe author Jim Northrup. Murder on the Red River is her debut novel. |
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Award-winning fantasy writer Rebecca Roanhorse is the author of the Sixth World series, which offers a unique blend of post-apocalyptic fiction and urban fantasy alongside touches of magic and Native American mythology. Her books are compelling, fast-paced, and characterized by a strong focus on Indigenous characters, culture, and experiences. |
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Anton Treuer is of Ojibwe heritage and, along with his brother David Treuer, writes nonfiction about Native American history. |
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David Treuer is of Ojibwe heritage and, along with his brother Anton Treuer, writes nonfiction about Native American history. |
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Horror author Erika T. Wurth identifies as Cherokee with a writing style described as "gritty, creepy, and suspenseful." |
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