Rebecca Roanhorse

Rebecca Roanhorse
Roanhorse at the 2022 Texas Book Festival
Born
Rebecca Parish

(1971-09-23) September 23, 1971
CitizenshipAmerican
Occupationsnovelist
lawyer
science fiction writer
SpouseMichael Roanhorse
AwardsJohn W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, 2018
Hugo Award for Best Short Story, 2018
Nebula Award for Best Short Story, 2017
Websitehttps://rebeccaroanhorse.com/


Rebecca Roanhorse (née Parish; born 23 September 1971) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer from New Mexico.

She has written short stories and science fiction novels featuring Navajo and other indigenous American characters. A Hugo and Nebula award winner, she has been lauded for expansion and modernization of Indigenous myth. Her enrollment status with tribal nations has been the subject of media scrutiny. Her best known works include Trail of Lightning and Black Sun.