Margaret Verble
Born
Greenville, KY.
NationalityCherokee Nation, American
EducationUniversity of Kentucky (BA, MA, EdD)
Notable workMaud's Line, Cherokee America, When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky, Stealing.
Websitemargaretverble.com

Margaret Verble is a Native American author and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Her debut novelMaud's Line was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Cherokee America won the Spur Award for Best Traditional Western in 2020, and When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky was picked by Booklist as one of the Best Fiction Books of the Year in 2021.

Early life and education

Verble was born in [Greenville, KY]], but grew up in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, Master's degree, and Ed.D. from the University of Kentucky.[2]

Career

After earning her B.A, Verble taught high school in Nashville, TN, and then moved to Lexington, KY, to go to graduate school. After graduate school, she ran a consulting business..[3] In 2015, her first novel Maud's Line was named a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[4] Maud's Line focuses on her Cherokee nation heritage during the 1920s through the lens of a fictional woman named Maud Nail.[5] She later published a prequel to her first novel titled Cherokee America, set in 1875.[6] Her third novel, When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky, is set in the old Glendale Park Zoo in Nashville. Her fourth novel, Stealing, is set in eastern OK. All four novel have Cherokee heroines.

References

  1. ^ McCants, Cassidy (February 6, 2019). "Back to the land". tulsapeople.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "A&S Alumna Named Finalist for Pulitzer Prize". english.as.uky.edu. May 24, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Murphy, Jami (November 19, 2015). "'Maud's Line' first novel by Verble". cherokeephoenix.org. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  4. ^ "Finalist: Maud's Line, by Margaret Verble". pulitzer.org. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Eblen, Tom (June 24, 2016). "Lexington author's first published novel is Pulitzer finalist". kentucky.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  6. ^ Westervelt, Eric (February 26, 2019). "Author Mines Family And Tribal History For Novel 'Cherokee America'". wbur.org. Retrieved February 27, 2020.


Categories