I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.

I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

The States has more publishers and a wider range of aesthetics but so much more competition - the amount of writers vying for the same spot as you is staggering. I think they're different challenges, but equally frustrating when you're trying to get your foot in the door.

I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's characters are really female because the writer is a woman. I've learned to let that go.

We have good people. We have selfless people. We have great leaders.

I think we're in a 1970s-level moment of social transition and they're always full of upheaval. As violent and deranged as we can be to each other and to other species, we've got nothing on tsunamis, hurricanes or tornadoes.