Sherman Alexie: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Sherman Joseph Alexie, Jr.
Born	October 7, 1966 (age 60) • Washington
Awards And Honors	National Book Award • PEN/Faulkner Award (2010)
Notable Works	“Blasphemy” • “First Indian on the Moon” • “Flight” • “I Would Steal Horses” • “Old Shirts & New Skins” • “Reservation Blues” • “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” • “The Business of Fancydancing” • “The Business of Fancydancing” • “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” • “The Summer of Black Widows” • “The Toughest Indian in the World” • “War Dances” • “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” • “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”