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Cherokee science-fiction author Daniel H. Wilson blends ancient tales about extraterrestrials with up-to-date speculation about alien visitations in a new novel called "Hole in the Sky." Hole in the Sky: A Novel Indigenous knowledge meets science fiction in this creative page-turning thriller by New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson. March 2, 2026 In May and June 2026, the Science Friday Book Club will read “ Hole in the Sky ” by Daniel H. Wilson. “First contact imminent.” Thrilling from the start, “Hole in the Sky” takes readers on a science fiction adventure set in the heart of the Cherokee Nation. It’s up to an unlikely crew–a single dad, an astrophysicist, and a threat forecaster for the military–to decode a cryptic message and prepare for an unidentified object heading directly for Earth. You can get your copy from your local bookstore or on Bookshop.org . There are so many ways to dive in and participate! You...

Native Influencer: Author Vanessa Lillie East Sider Vanessa Lillie prepares for the release of her fourth solo thriller, The Bone Thief. Photo by Brittanny Taylor, courtesy of Vanessa Lillie August 1, 2025 Meet Vanessa Lillie on August 18 at Wakefield Books where she’s participating in a thriller panel with fellow authors Jessa Maxwell and Kristin Offiler. For more information and to register, visit WakefieldBooks.com.  By Hugh Minor Th...

Doubleday wins three-way auction for Eliana Ramage’s ‘expansive coming-of-age’ debut Rights Apr 23, 2025 by Heloise Wood Eliana Ramage © Leah Margulies Doubleday has acquired To the Moon and Back , the debut novel by Eliana Ramage, in a three-way auction. Editorial director Bobby Mostyn-Owen acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein following a three-way bidding war, on behalf of Meredith Kaffel Simonoff at The Gernert Company. Doubleday will publish in hardback in February 2026. Margo Shickmanter at Avid Reader Press will publish in the US this autumn, as will Simon & Schuster Canada. The synopsis reads: “Steph Harper is on the run. When she was six, her mother ran – with Steph and her younger sister in tow – from an abusive husband into the arms of a small Cherokee community, where she hoped they might finally belong. But Steph soon sets her sights as far away as she can get, vowing that she will let nothing in...

  Q&A: Yahoo News (photo/courtesy) By Kaili Berg February 06, 2025 Rebecca Kunz recently became the first ever Cherokee artist to be awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for her illustrations in Chooch Helped, a children’s book by Cherokee author Andrea L Rogers.   Chooch Helped  tells the story of a Cherokee girl who reluctantly introduces her younger brother to their family’s traditions.  Through her art, Kunz brings these traditions to life using a combination of watercolor, gouache, printmaking, collage, and digital illustration.  Kunz is a multimedia artist and the owner of Tree of Life Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work is deeply influenced by traditional Cherokee iconography and archetypal symbolism.  Native News Online spoke with Kunz about her journey and inspiration behind Choonc...

    Cherokee culture, history, and values have influenced our writing.  Cherokee novelist Faith Phillips created a new literary subgenre, Okie Noir, with her true-crime novel “Now I Lay Me Down.”  Andrea L. Rogers’ “Mary And The Trail Of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story” made NPR’s 2020 “Books We Love” list.  And last year, Oscar Hokeah’s “Calling for a Blanket Dance” was named in Time’s “100 Must-Read Books of 2022.”   Jennifer Loren hosts conversations that will feature valuable insights from Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner, children’s authors Traci Sorell, Andrea L. Rogers and Brad Wagnon, novelists Faith Phillips and Oscar Hokeah.