Kevin Noble Maillard is an American professor of law at Syracuse University, and the author of the award-winning children's picture book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story.
Education Maillard has B.A. in public policy from Duke University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.
Biography Maillard is a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
Books Maillard's 2019 picture book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal) was awarded the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, and was the honor book in the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Awards. Roaring Brook Press released his second picture book, And They Walk On (illustrated by Rafael López), on October 14, 2025.
See also Frybread
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[ Food Brings Families Together In 'Fry Bread'] - October 31, 2019 Heard on Morning Edition (NPR) Fry Bread: Children's book explores the connection between cooking and colonization - May 8, 2020 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation