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.
Open to work for hire and IP work in board books, picture books, chapter books, and middle grade.
