Craig Kee Strete (born 6 May 1950) is an American science fiction writer of Cherokee descent. He is noted for his use of American Indian themes and has had multiple Nebula Award nominations.
Career
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-grandfatherhttp://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/80s.html Nebula Final Ballots from the 1980s, accessed March 11, 2011 and one for the novelette The Bleeding Man.http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/nebulas/70s.html Nebula Final Ballots from the 1970s, accessed March 11, 2011
In 1974 Strete published a magazine dedicated to Native American science fiction, Red Planet Earth.Harry Harrison and Brian Aldiss, The Year'S Best Science Fiction No 8, Sphere SF, 1974, p 219 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,Strete, Craig (1977) The Bleeding Man and Other Science Fiction Stories, Greenwillow Books/William Morrow If All Else Fails...,Strete, Craig (1980) If All Else Fails..., Doubleday Dreams That Burn in the NightStrete, Craig (1982) Dreams That Burn in the Night, Doubleday and Death Chants.Strete, Craig (1988) Death Chants, Doubleday He has also published two novels, To Make Death Love UsSovereign Falconer (1987) To Make Death Love Us, Doubleday Foundation (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
The Doors Memorabilia Audiobook: Audiobook: Authorized ebooks
References