fixture in the book business.” She is the recipient of a 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship and a 2017 Queens Council on the Arts New Work Grant (as well as the QCA Jr. Board Artistic Excellence Award) in Nonfiction Literature for her WIP essay collection. Her essay “What We Aren’t” was also listed as a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2018. Her short story “The Pursuit of Happiness” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for 2017 by Newtown Literary Journal and is featured in the anthology What God Is Honored Here? Baker is the editor of Everyday People: The Color of Life—A Short Story Anthology with Atria Books. Her YA novel Forgive Me Not will publish with Putnam Books for Young Readers in 2022.
At Electric Lit, Baker tagged twelve mystery novels featuring Black, Indigenous, and POC protagonists, including:
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidenRead about another entry on the list.No holds barred, cussing up a storm, and ready to knock some heads, enforcer Virgil Wounded Horse has a personal stake in finding out who’s distributing heroin on his reservation when his nephew is involved. Wounded Horse’s investigation reveals many shady dealings and disturbing alliances along the way.
The Page 69 Test: Winter Counts.
My Book, The Movie: Winter Counts.
Q&A with David Heska Wanbli Weiden.
--Marshal Zeringue
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