{"id":42,"date":"2026-06-23T12:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.web.umflint.edu\/commonread\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:06:17","slug":"author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/commonread\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center fb-columns-page-header is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0e47273b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-951621a4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading 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Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Angeline lives in southwest Michigan, but her home will always be on Sugar Island. Angeline was born into storytelling people, and was first introduced to the art through generational oral tradition. Yet during her childhood, Angeline struggled with her biracial Indigenous identity. In searching for representation through the stories in books she was reading, she realized that the examples she found lacked depth and true experience. It wasn\u2019t until her mid-forties that she realized she could write her own experience into existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Firekeeper\u2019s Daughter<\/em> is her debut novel, and was an instant #1 NYT Bestseller. The book has been named the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children\u2019s Literature, the Printz Award, the William C. Morris award for YA debut literature, and was an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. Called an \u201cIndigenous Nancy Drew\u201d the central character is Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community after witnessing a shocking murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her second novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.umich.edu\/catalog?query=%22Warrior+Girl+Unearthed%22&amp;library=All+libraries\"><em>Warrior Girl Unearthed<\/em><\/a>, was published in 2023 and was an instant New York Times and Indies Bestseller. This novel takes us back to Sugar Island, and is a high stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angeline\u2019s newest novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/search.lib.umich.edu\/catalog?query=%22Sisters+in+the+Wind%22&amp;library=All+libraries\"><em>Sisters in the Wind<\/em><\/a>, is a daring new mystery about a foster teen claiming her heritage on her own terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adapted from the <a href=\"https:\/\/authorsunbound.com\/angeline-boulley\/\">author&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angeline Boulley Social: Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan\u2019s Upper Peninsula. She is a former Director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. 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