Tucson Festival of Books

Dawn Quigley (she/her/hers)


Dawn Quigley is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota. She is the author of the award-winning Jo Jo Makoons series and the YA novel, "Apple in the Middle." She is an education university faculty member and a former K–12 reading and English teacher, as well as an Indian Education program codirector. Her new books are "Jo Jo Makoons: Rule School" and "Red Girl Danced."

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Awards: NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor Award; (twice winner): Indian Youth Literature Honor Award from ALA

Communities: Indigenous or Native American, Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe


Books:
Jo Jo Makoons: Rule School
Children
HarperCollins
September 2024
ISBN 9780063315563
96 pages

Red Bird Danced
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
June 2024
ISBN 9780063223622
176 pages