Author Brian Young Virtual Visit

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Talk

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Healer of the Water Monster

Author Brian Young virtual visit with students in Santa Fe, NM in celebration of 2022 Santa Fe Reads

Live-streaming on santafenewmexican.com

 

Healer of the Water Monster

American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner: Best Middle Grade Book! Brian Young’s powerful debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster—and comes to realize he’s a hero at heart.

 

Author and filmmaker, Brian Young is a graduate of both Yale University with a Bachelor’s in Film Studies and Columbia University with a Master’s in Creative Writing Fiction. An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, he grew up on the Navajo Reservation but now currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. As an undergraduate, Brian won a fellowship with the prestigious Sundance Ford Foundation with one of his feature length scripts. He has worked on several short films including Tsídii Nááts’íílid – Rainbow Bird and A Conversation on Race with Native Americans for the short documentary series produced by the New York Times.

 

Email your questions for Brian Young to library@santafenm.gov

 

2022 Santa Fe Reads

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

 

El proyecto NEA Big Read es una iniciativa del National Endowment for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para las Artes de Estados Unidos) en cooperación con Arts Midwest.