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Considered the most recognized Indigenous author, Louise Erdrich is an award-winning author who uses complex plots and an array of authentic characters to draw readers into life in rural North Dakota. Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. |
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Jennifer Givhan is a Mexican-American and Indigenous poet and author. Her action-packed novels have strong female characters and include elements of magical realism. |
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Stephen Graham Jones is a bestselling Blackfoot Native American author who mostly writes novels and short story collections in the horror genre. His writing is described to be a little bit unconventional, experimental, and creepy/borderline disturbing. |
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Vanessa Lillie writes thrillers and suspense novels and her books are fast-paced and richly detailed. Lillie is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. |
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Award-winning Tiffany McDaniel is an Ohio native whose writing is inspired by the rolling hills and woods of the land she knows. Drawing from her Cherokee heritage, she is a poet, a novelist, and a visual artist. Her novels are gritty and character-driven. |
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Nick Medina's horror novels feature several supernatural myths and legends. As a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Medina draws on personal and family experiences for his writing. |
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Award-winning author Tommy Orange is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Orange is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. His books feature indigenous characters and are issue-oriented. |
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Waubgeshig Rice writes apocalyptic fiction with indigenous characters. Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation and gets inspiration from his experiences growing up in an Anishinaabe community. |
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Martin Cruz Smith is best known for his series of novels about Arkady Renko, a Russian investigator. A writer of police procedurals, Smith is of Pueblo, Senecu del Sur, and Yaqui descent. |
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Cherokee author Margaret Verble writes historical fiction focusing on the lives of the Cherokee in Oklahoma from the 17th century to the 20th century. Her writings are intricately plotted and character driven, drawing on family relationships and social issues. |
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Daniel H. Wilson, citizen of the Cherokee Nation, uses his Ph.D in robotics to write science fiction about robots and other advanced technology. Wilson also wrote the authorized sequel to Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain. |
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