Mardi Oakley Medawar

Mardi Oakley Medawar
Born	1945 (age 79–80) Olla, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Genre	Mystery fiction

Mardi Oakley Medawar (born 1945) is an American novelist. Her novels mostly centre on the Kiowa and Crow tribes, and are usually within the mystery genre.

Personal life

Medawar was born in Olla, Louisiana in 1945, the daughter of an Eastern Band Cherokee father and a French Louisianan mother. ^{[1] [2]} She attended San Diego State University and taught writing at several colleges. ^[2]

As of 2012, she lives on the Red Cliff Chippewa Reservation. ^[3] She has described herself as an "Intertribalist". ^[2]

Novels

• The Ft. Larned Incident (2000). ISBN   0-312-20878-2
• Murder at Medicine Lodge (1999). ISBN   0-312-19925-2
• Remembering the Osage Kid (1999). ISBN   0-553-57675-5
• The Misty Hills Of Home (1998). ISBN   0-451-19086-6
• Witch of the Palo Duro (1997). ISBN   0-312-17065-3
• Death at Rainy Mountain, (1996). ISBN   0-312-14310-9
• People of the Whistling Waters (1993). ISBN   1-879915-05-7

Awards

• People of the Whistling Waters, Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award for Best First Novel (Spur Awards sponsored by Western Writers of America, 1993). ^[4]
• Prose Fiction Writer of the Year Award (Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers, 1998) ^[5]

See also

• Native American studies

References

1. "Mardi Oakley Medawar". Speaking Volumes. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
2. McClinton-Temple, Jennifer; Velie, Alan (2007). Encyclopedia of American Indian Literature. New York: Facts On File. p. 226. ISBN   9780816056569.
3. Sentinel, Santa Cruz (6 December 2012). "Check It Out At the Library: More mysteries set in American Indian culture". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
4. "The Spur Awards". web.mnstate.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
5. "MURDER ON THE RED CLIFF REZ by Mardi Oakley Medawar". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-07-17.