About the Book
\nIn his first book for young adults\, bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior\, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indi an Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands\, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town hig h school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking\, funny\, and beautifully written\, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Ti me Indian\," which is based on the author&rsquo\;s own experiences\, coupl ed with poignant drawings by acclaimed artist Ellen Forney\, that reflect the character&rsquo\;s art\, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of on e Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was de stined to live. (Source: Little BrowN)
\nAbout Sherman Alexi e
\nSherman Alexie\, a Spokane/Coeur d&rsquo\;Alene poet an d novelist\, was born on October 7\, 1966\, on the Spokane Indian Reservat ion in Wellpinit\, Washington. He received his BA in American studies from Washington State University in Pullman.
\nAlexie&rsquo\;s books of poetry include \;Face \;(Hanging Loose Press\, 2009)\; \;One S tick Song \;(Hanging Loose Press\, 2000)\; \;The Man Who Loves Sal mon \;(Limberlost Press\, 1998)\; \;The Summer of Black Widows&nbs p\;(Hanging Loose Press\, 1996)\; \;Water Flowing Home \;(Limberlo st Press\, 1996)\; \;Old Shirts &\; New Skins \;(American India n Studies Center\, University of California\, Los Angeles\, 1993)\; \; First Indian on the Moon \;(Hanging Loose Press\, 1993)\; \;I Woul d Steal Horses \;(Slipstream\, 1992)\; and \;The Business of Fancy dancing \;(Hanging Loose Press\, 1992).
\nAlexie is also the aut hor of several novels and collections of short fiction\, including a young adult novel \;The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian \;( Little\, Brown Books for Young Readers\, 2007)\, which won the National Bo ok Award for Young People&rsquo\;s Literature\; \;Flight \;(Grove Press\, 2007)\; \;Ten Little Indians \;(Grove Press\, 2003)\; \;The Toughest Indian in the World \;(Grove Press\, 2000)\; \;Indi an Killer \;(Grove Press\, 1996)\; \;Reservation Blues \;(Grov e Press\, 1995)\, which won the Before Columbus Foundation&rsquo\;s Americ an Book Award\; and \;The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven&nb sp\;(Atlantic Monthly Press\, 1993)\, which received a Hemingway Foundatio n/PEN Award.
\nAmong Alexie&rsquo\;s other honors and awards are poe try fellowships from the Washington State Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts\, as well as a Lila Wallace-Reader&rsquo\;s Digest Writers&rsquo\; Award. He has also received the Stranger Genius Award\, a Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Award\, a Pushcart Prize\, the PEN/Malamud Award\, and a citation as &ldquo\;One of 20 Best American Novelists Under the Age of 40&rdquo\; from \;Granta \;magazine.
\nAlexie and Chris Eyre wrote the screenplay for the movie \;Smoke Signals \;( 1998)\, which was based on Alexie&rsquo\;s short story &ldquo\;This is Wha t it Means to Say Phoenix\, Arizona.&rdquo\; The movie won two awards at t he Sundance Film Festival in 1998 and was released internationally by Mira max Films. Alexie is also a three-time world heavyweight poetry slam champ ion. Alexie lives with his wife and son in Seattle.
\nNOTE: The auth or will not be present at this event.
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