Craig Kee Strete (born 6 May 1950) is an American science fiction writer of

Cherokee The Cherokee (; , or ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern ...

descent. He is noted for his use of American Indian themes and has had multiple

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nominations.

Career

Craig K. Strete earned his B.A. in 1975 at Wayne State University and his M.F.A. in 1978 at University of California at Irvine. Beginning in the early 1970s, while working in the Film and Television industry, Strete began writing emotional Native American themed, and science fiction short stories and novellas. He has had three Nebula Award nominations: two for the short stories '' Time Deer'' and ''A Sunday Visit with Great-grandfather'' and one for the novelette ''The Bleeding Man''. In 1974 Strete published a magazine dedicated to Native American science fiction, '' Red Planet Earth''. His play Paint Your Face On A Drowning In The River (originally produced May 16, 1984 by East/West Players in Los Angeles, CA) was the 1984 Dramatists Guild/CBS New Plays Program first-place winner. Strete has published four collections of short fiction: ''The Bleeding Man and Other Science Fiction Stories'', ''If All Else Fails...'', ''Dreams That Burn in the Night'' and ''Death Chants''. He has also published two novels, ''To Make Death Love Us'' (published under the name Sovereign Falconer) and ''Death in the Spirit House''.Strete, Craig (1988) ''Death in the Spirit House'', Doubleday Foundation

Bibliography

* ''The Bleeding Man'' (1978) * ''Paint Your Face On a Drowning in the River'' (1978) * ''When Grandfather Journeys into Winter'' (1979) * ''Dark Journey'' (1979) * ''If All Else Fails'' (1980) * ''Burn Down the Night'' (1982) * ''Dreams That Burn in the Night'' (1982) * ''Death in the Spirit House'' (1988) * ''Big Thunder Magic'' (1990) * ''The World in Grandfather's Hands'' (1995) * ''How the Indians Bought the Farm'' (1996) * ''They Thought They Saw Him'' (1996) * ''Little Coyote Runs Away'' (1997) * ''The Lost Boy And The Monster'' (1997) * ''The Rattlesnake Who Went To School'' (2004)

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strete, Craig 1950 births Living people American science fiction writers American short story writers Native American writers American male novelists American male short story writers