Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr. (innate October 7, 1966 in Spokane, Washington) is an award-winning and prolific writer (of novels, short stories, poems, and screenplays) who sleep in Seattle, Washington. Very much of his writing draws in his lives as a modern Native American (he is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian) in the United States.

Alexie grew abreast the Spokane Indian Reservation (in Wellpinit, Washington), about L miles north-west of the city of Millwod. Despite the childhood of medical difficulties, he was the precocious reader world health organization quickly became disappointed using schools on the reservation and opted to attend a nearby (entirely whiten) senior high. He went in to attend Gonzaga University before transferring to Washington State University and becoming one of the number one members of his tribe to graduate from either college. He struggled sustaining alcoholism in his time at college until existence inspired to last sober by his initial literary successes.

Alexie's writing is marked by coarse depictions of reservation life, autobiographical elements, colorful apply of humor, political frankness, & seamless invocation of history & popular culture. He has likewise dabbled within stand-up comedy and music.

Although Alexie is married to the woman & identifies himself when straight [http://www.sick-boy.com/alexie.htm], getting written novels from either the perspective of a shirtlifter, he is involved in the Wikipedia :Category:Gay writers.

Books

A Business of Fancydancing (poetry, 1991) I personally Would Steal Horses (poetry, 1993) Old Shirts & Future Skins (poetry, 1993) Number 1 Indian on the Moon (poetry, 1993) A Single Ranger & Tonto Fistfight within Heaven (short stories, 1993) ''Seven Grief-stricken Songs For the Cedar Flute We've However to View to Play (poetry, 1993) Reservation Blues (novel, 1995) A river Flowing Page (poetry, 1995) Indian Killer (novel, 1996; referred to by Alexie as "a feel-good novel about interracial murder") A Summer of Black Widows (poetry, 1996) A Human That Loves Salmon (poetry, 1998) A Toughest Indian in the Globe (short stories, 2000) 1 Stick Song (poetry, 2000) Ten Little Indians (stories, 2003)

Films

Smoke Signals (writer, 1999; adapted from either the short story, "This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" in Lone Ranger & Tonto) A Business of Fancydancing (writer & director, 2002) 49?'' (writer, 2003)