Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie's poems, fiction, essays and films have won hSherman Alexie's poems, fiction, essays and films have won him an international following since his first book, THE BUSIim an international following since his first book, THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING, was published in 1992. SMOKE SIGNALS, NESS OF FANCYDANCING, was published in 1992. SMOKE SIGNALS, the film he adapted from one of his short stories and co-prothe film he adapted from one of his short stories and co-produced, enlarged his...See more
Sherman Alexie's poems, fiction, essays and films have won hSherman Alexie's poems, fiction, essays and films have won him an international following since his first book, THE BUSIim an international following since his first book, THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING, was published in 1992. SMOKE SIGNALS, NESS OF FANCYDANCING, was published in 1992. SMOKE SIGNALS, the film he adapted from one of his short stories and co-prothe film he adapted from one of his short stories and co-produced, enlarged his audience still further. Alexie's awards duced, enlarged his audience still further. Alexie's awards include the Stranger Genius Award in Literature, the Boston include the Stranger Genius Award in Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's LiteratuGlobe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature in Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People're in Fiction, and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature as well as honors and awards from the National s Literature as well as honors and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest FouEndowment for the Arts, the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Foundation, and a citation as "One of 20 Best American Novelistndation, and a citation as "One of 20 Best American Novelists Under the Age of 40" from Granta magazine. An enrolled Spos Under the Age of 40" from Granta magazine. An enrolled Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, Alexie lives in Seattle with his kane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, Alexie lives in Seattle with his wife and sons. wife and sons. See less