Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson is an Iñupiat children's book author. After growing up in Point Hope, Alaska, she attended CalPoly Humbolt to study studio art; after graduating, she returned to Utqiagvik to teach middle school. Her debut novel, Eagle Drums, was released on September 12, 2023, and earned a Newbery Honor in 2024.
Hopson has also taught workshops on gardening in Utqiagvik; in 2015, she started a small farm, Gardens in the Arctic.
Selected works Books Eagle Drums (2023)
Short stories The Perils of Beige; in Boundless (2023) The Weight of a Name; in Tasting Light (2022)
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