Joseph Bruchac is a citizen of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation, who has authored over 170 books and has appeared in publications from Parabola and National Geographic to The Paris Review. His experiences include teaching in Ghana and running a college program inside a maximum-security prison. Time Magazine listed his novel Code Talker as one of the 100 Best YA books of All Time. Dr. Bruchac’s novel in verse, Rez Dogs, was one of NPR’s Best Books of 2021.

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