Contemporary Cherokee Authors

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Mike Austin, Cherokee poet

Marilou Awiakta, Cherokee poet, novelist, and essayist

Betty Louise Bell, Cherokee novelist & scholar

Linda Boyden, Cherokee poet, children's book author & storyteller

Gladys Cardiff, Eastern Cherokee poet

Eddie Chuculate, Cherokee/Creek short story writer

Robert J. Conley, Keetoowah Cherokee novelist, poet & historian

Qwo-Li Driskill, Cherokee/Lenape/Lumbee/Osage poet, scholar, activist, performer

Carolyn Dunn, Creek/Seminole/Cherokee/Choctaw poet & musician

Jimmie Durham, poet, sculptor & artist

Diane Glancy, Cherokee poet & novelist

Rayna D. Green, Cherokee author & scholar

Allison Hedge Coke, Huron/Eastern Tsalagi author

Geary Hobson, Cherokee/Arkansas Quapaw poet, novelist & scholar

Sara Sue Hoklotubbe, Cherokee novelist

Thomas Hubbard, Cherokee/Miami poet & publisher

Daniel Heath Justice, Cherokee novelist & scholar

Thomas King, Cherokee novelist

Marijo Moore, Cherokee poet, essayist & artist

Louis Owens, Cherokee/Choctaw novelist & scholar

Kimberly Roppolo, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek descent poet & scholar

Gayle Ross, Cherokee children's book author

Ralph Salisbury, Cherokee poet & storyteller

William Sanders, Cherokee novelist

Kim Shuck, Cherokee poet

Terra Trevor, Cherokee/Delaware/Seneca essayist & memoirist

Kade Twist, Cherokee poet, installations, two-dimensional media and sound

Jace Weaver, Cherokee scholar and critic

Ron Welburn, Assateague/Gingaskin and Cherokee poet

Craig Womack, Creek-Cherokee novelist & scholar