Brandon Hobson is a Cherokee Nation fiction writer primarily known for

literary fiction Literary fiction, serious fiction, high literature, or artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, encompasses fiction books and writings that are more character-driven rather than plot-driven, that examine the human condition, or that are ...

novels. His novel, ''Where the Dead Sit Talking'' (2018), was a finalist for the

National Book Award for Fiction The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation, bu ...

Career

Hobson received his

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in English from

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (informally Oklahoma State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The university was established in 1890 under the legislation of the Morrill Act. Originally known ...

and teaches creative writing at

New Mexico State University New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public, land-grant, research university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1888, it is the state's oldest public institution of higher education, and was the original land-g ...

and at the

Institute of American Indian Arts The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) is a public tribal land-grant college in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. The college focuses on Native American art. It operates the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), which is housed ...

. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe. In 2022, he won a

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. His fiction has won a

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

and has appeared in '' The Best American Short Stories 2021'' ("Escape from the Dysphesiacs"), ''

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'', '' Conjunctions'', ''The Believer'', ''

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'', and many other places.

Honors and awards

Literary awards

Other

* 2022

* 2025 American Indian Writers Award

Books

Novels

* ''Deep Ellum'', 2014 * ''Desolation of Avenues Untold'', 2015 * ''Where the Dead Sit Talking'', 2018 * ''The Removed'', 2021 * ''The Devil is a Southpaw'', 2025

Children's books

* ''The Storyteller'', 2023

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American male writers Cherokee Nation male writers Cherokee Nation writers Oklahoma State University alumni New Mexico State University faculty Institute of American Indian Arts faculty 21st-century Native American writers Native American novelists {{US-writer-stub