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In-Person Conference

David Heska Wanbli Weiden, an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, is the author of Winter Counts (Ecco/HarperCollins), nominated for an Edgar Award, and winner of the Anthony, Thriller, Lefty, Barry, Macavity, and other awards. The novel was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, Indie Next pick, main selection of the Book of the Month Club, and named by Time magazine as one of the 100 best mystery and thriller novels of all time. The sequel, Wisdom Corner, is forthcoming. He has short stories appearing in the anthologies Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories, Never Whistle at Night, Crimes Against Nature, and others. His scholarship and nonfiction appear in the New York Times, Shenandoah, and other journals. He’s the editor of the anthology Native Noir, forthcoming from Akashic Books, and is the editor of Native Edge, a new series of the University of New Mexico Press. In 2024, he was Indigenous Artist in Residence at Brown University and has received fellowships from PEN America, MacDowell, Ucross, Ragdale, Vermont Studio Center, Sewanee, and Tin House. He’s Professor of English and Creative Writing at Stony Brook University in New York. More at davidweiden.com.

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