Meet Lipan Apache author Darcie Little Badger as she discusses her novels Elatsoe and A Snake Falls to Earth and what inspires her. An audience Q&A and a book signing will follow the discussion.
Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy books of all time. Elatsoe also won the Locus award for Best First Novel and is a Nebula, Ignyte, and Lodestar finalist. Her second fantasy novel, A Snake Falls to Earth, received a Nebula Award, an Ignyte Award, and a Newbery Honor and is on the National Book Awards longlist. It is a breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism. Darcie draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family.
Her third book, Sheine Lende, is the prequel to Elatsoe, which is centered on Ellie’s grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie’s one-of-a-kind world, and introduces us to another cast of characters who will wend their way around readers’ hearts.
Darcie is an Earth scientist, writer, and fan of the weird, beautiful, and haunting; she is married to a veterinarian named Taran.
This event is supported by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Native American House and generously sponsored by The Urbana Free Library Foundation.
AGE GROUP: | Middle School Students | High School Students | Adults |
TAGS: | Author |
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