Author+Biography

Joseph Bruchac lives with his wife, Carol, in the Adorondack Mountain foothills of Greenfeild Center, New York. His two sons are grown up and do not live with him and his wife anymore. Joseph spent 8 years directing a college program in Skidmore college in a Maximum security prison. He has been an editor of anthologies of contemporary poems and fiction. Here is a list of awards he has won so far:

-Rockefellers humanities Fellowship -National Endowment for the Arts writing fellowship poetry -Cherokee Nation Prize -Knickerbaker Prize -Hope S. Dean for Notable Achievement Childrens Literature -Writer of the Year -Storyteller award -Lifetime achievement award