Dawn Quigley
Dawn Quigley, Ph.D. and citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, ND, writes picture books, chapter books and middle grade stories centering Native American characters. In addition to her debut coming-of-age young adult novel, Apple in the Middle (NDSU Press), “Joey Reads the Sky” in Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, the chapter book series Jo Jo Makoons: The Used to Be Best Friend (book #1); Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants (#2), Red Bird Danced (forthcoming novel-in-verse), and Native American Heroes (Scholastic Books), Dawn has over 30 published articles, essays and poems. She lives in Minnesota with her family.
Both Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants and Jo Jo Makoons: Snow Day were named 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award Best Middle Grade Honor Books. She lives in Minnesota with her family.
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Apple in the Middle
Native American Heroes
Joey Reads the Sky in: Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
Jo Jo Makoons: The Used to be Best Friend
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Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants
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Jo Jo Makoons: Snow Day
Jo Jo Makoons: Rule School
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Red Bird Danced
Jo Jo Makoons and the Super Scary Sleepover
Red Nest and the Totally True Tale of Paul’s Bunion
Aaniin, I See Your Light
Jo Jo Makoons book #6
