Dawn Quigley, Ph.D. and citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, ND, is an associate professor at a Midwest university Education Department. She taught English and reading for 18+ years in the K-12 schools along with being an Indian Education program co-director. In addition to her forthcoming book, Paul's Bunion: A Tall Tale Resized (Levine Querido), Dawn's books also include: Young Adult novel, Apple in the Middle (NDSU Press), “Joey Reads the Sky” in Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, the chapter book series Jo Jo Makoons, Red Bird Danced (novel-in-verse), Aaniin: I See Your Light, and Native American Heroes (Scholastic Books). Dawn has over 30 published articles, essays and poems. She lives in Minnesota with her family.