Brandon Hobson

Brandon Hobson
Occupation	writer, professor
Nationality	Cherokee Nation
Education	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City University
Genre	literary fiction

Brandon Hobson is a Cherokee Nation fiction writer primarily known for literary fiction novels. His novel, Where the Dead Sit Talking (2018), was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction.

Career

Hobson received his PhD in English from Oklahoma State University and teaches creative writing at New Mexico State University and at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe. ^{[1] [2]} In 2022, he won a Guggenheim Fellowship. ^[3] His fiction has won a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2021 ("Escape from the Dysphesiacs"), McSweeney's , Conjunctions , The Believer, NOON , and many other places.

Honors and awards

Literary awards

Year	Title	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	—	Pushcart Prize	—	Won	[1] [4]
2018	Where the Dead Sit Talking	National Book Award	Fiction	Finalist	[5]
2019		Aspen Words Literary Prize	—	Longlisted	[6]
		Reading the West Award	Fiction	Won	[7]
		St. Francis College Literary Prize	—	Finalist	[8]
2020		International Dublin Literary Award	—	Longlisted	[9]
2022	The Removed	Western Heritage Award	Western Novel	Won	[10]
2023	—	Dos Passos Prize	—	Finalist	[11]

Other

• 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship ^[3]
• 2025 American Indian Writers Award ^{[12] [13]}

Books

Novels

• Deep Ellum, 2014
• Desolation of Avenues Untold, 2015
• Where the Dead Sit Talking, 2018
• The Removed, 2021 ^[14]
• The Devil is a Southpaw, 2025

Short Fiction

• The Levitationist: Or, the Manifestation Hypothesis, 2006

Children's books

• The Storyteller, 2023

References

1. "About". Brandon Hobson. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
2. Green, Yantis (February 27, 2023). "Native American Author Headlines ASU Writers Conference".
3. "Brandon Hobson".
4. Report, Bulletin (May 29, 2022). "NMSU assistant professor receives Guggenheim Fellowship". Las Cruces Bulletin. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
5. "Brandon Hobson". National Book Foundation. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
6. "Aspen Institute Announces the Longlist for the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
7. "Winners 2010 - 2019". Reading the West. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
8. "What's New At SFC". St. Francis College. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
9. "Where The Dead Sit Talking – International DUBLIN Literary Award" . Retrieved January 25, 2021.
10. "The Removed - Western Heritage Award Winner". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
11. https://www.longwood.edu/news/2023/dos-passos-shortlist-2023/
12. https://www.tulsalibrary.org/2025-american-indian-writers-award-honoring-brandon-hobson
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_City-County_Library
14. Hobson, Brandon (2021). The Removed (hardcover ed.). HarperCollins. ISBN   9780062997548.