Sherman Alexie graduated from Washington State University with a BA in American Studies. Alexie has received fellowships from the Washington State Arts Commission Poetry and the National Endowment for the Arts Poetry. He is known for his work as a writer, poet, and filmmaker. His autobiographical young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007), was his first commercial success. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
His collections of poetry include: I Would Steal Horses (1992); The Business of Fancydancing (1991); Old Shirts and New Skins (1993); First Indian on the Moon (1993); Water Flowing Home (1996); The Summer of Black Widows (1996); The Man Who Loves Salmon (1998); and One Stick Song (2000). His published works of fiction include, his novels Reservation Blues (1995), Indian Killer (1996), and Flight (2007); and his collections of short stories The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993), The Toughest Indian in the World (2000), and Ten Little Indians (2003).
His awards include New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” for The Business of Fancydancing, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, a Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, a PEN/Hemingway Award, a Bram Stoker Award Nominee, a Morgan Murray Prize, a National Book Award, and a PEN/Faulkner Award.
A review of his First Indian on the Moon appeared in Issue 6.1 Winter 1994 and his poetry “On Airplanes” and “Short Introduction to American Politics” appeared in Issue 21.2 Summer/Fall 2009.
