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Bio
SARAH ELISABETH SAWYER is a story archaeologist. She digs up shards of past lives, hopes, and truths, and pieces them together for readers today. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian honored her as a literary artist through their Artist Leadership Program for her work in preserving Choctaw Trail of Tears stories. She is the creator of the Fiction Writing: American Indians digital course. (fictioncourses.com/americanindians)
Sarah has written and published 17 historical fiction books, and over 275 non-fiction articles on Native artists and organizations with representatives from dozens of North American tribes. Her narrative biography of a Native WWI hero, “Otis W. Leader: The Ideal American Doughboy,” was awarded the 2024 Oklahoma Book Award for nonfiction. It was also selected to represent the state of Oklahoma for the Library of Congress’s 2024 National Book Festival in Washington, DC.
A tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, she writes from her hometown in Texas, partnering with her mother, Lynda Kay Sawyer, in continued research for future works. Learn more at ChoctawSpirit.com, SarahElisabethWrites.com and Facebook.com/SarahElisabethSawyer
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Photo by Lynda Kay Sawyer
Photo by Lynda Kay Sawyer
Photo by Lynda Kay Sawyer
Select Features
Chahta Tosholi Virtual Speaker series
WWI Doughboy podcast (@34:55) by the United States World War One Centennial Commission.
Making of the Novel “Anumpa Warrior: Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I”
Stories Make the World Go Round (First Peoples Fund features Sarah's work at the Chickasaw Arts Academy.)
Touch My Tears: Anthology recounts Choctaw Removal stories (Originally appeared in the Biskinik, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma tribal newspaper.)
Book Covers
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