Ramona Emerson

Ungelbah Davila Shivers

Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico. She has a bachelor’s in Media Arts from the University of New Mexico and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts. After starting in forensic videography, she embarked upon a career as a photographer, writer, and editor. She is an Emmy nominee, a Sundance Native Lab Fellow, a Time-Warner Storyteller Fellow, a Tribeca All-Access Grantee and a WGBH Producer Fellow. In 2020, Emerson was appointed to the Governor’s Council on Film and Media Industries for the State of New Mexico. She currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she and her husband, the producer Kelly Byars, run their production company Reel Indian Pictures. Her latest book is "Exposure".

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Awards: National Book Award, PEN Literary Award

Communities: Indigenous or Native American

Mystery

UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)  
Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  

Panelists: Ramona Emerson, J. A. Jance, William Kent Krueger
Moderator: Kyle Mills

Forensics In Mysteries

Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Jennifer Dornbush, Ramona Emerson, Tess Gerritsen
Moderator: Deborah J. Ledford

Books:

Exposure

Mystery / Thrillers
Soho Press
October 2024
ISBN 9781641294768
288 pages
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