Born: 1987, United States
Died: NA
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Darcie Erin Ryan
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Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a doctorate in oceanography. Her debut novel, “Elatsoe,” was featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy novels of all time. Little Badger’s short fiction, nonfiction and comics have appeared in multiple magazines and publications, including Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1, Nightmare Magazine, Strange Horizons and The Dark. Badger is inspired by Lipan Apache storytelling and themes throughout her work. Her featured novel at the 2022 National Book Festival is Newbery Honor Book “A Snake Falls to Earth,” an Indigenous futuristic novel that bends the genres of fantasy and science fiction.