Reading lists and articles featuring Sherman Alexie

Biography

Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker from Spokane, Washington. His writings are inspired by his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestors from multiple tribes. He was raised on the Spokane Indian Reservation and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993), a collection of short stories, is his best-known work. Smoke Signals (1998) was adapted from it, and he also wrote the screenplay.

Books by Sherman Alexie

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
• Conversations with Sherman Alexie
• A Guide to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
• Reservation Blues
• Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
• Flight
• Thunder Boy Jr.
• The Toughest Indian in the World
• Ten Little Indians