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Christine Hartman Derr

Author · 2 books

Christine Hartman Derr is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She’s a graduate from VCFA’s Writing for Children MFA program, where she won the Revisionary award, Candlewick Picture Book Prize, T.A. Barron Prize for Nature Writing, and was selected as a DEI Fellow and a Center for Arts and Social Justice Fellow. She is honored to have been a recipient of the WNDB Walter Grant for Native Creators. Her debut middle grade novel, The Witches of Bear Creek Falls, and her debut picture book, Until We Meet Again: Donadagohvi, are forthcoming from Heartdrum/HarperCollins Children’s. Find her short fiction in Just YA and Legendary Frybread Drive-In. She runs the blog Paw Prints in the Sink and has written articles for regional publications. Originally from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Christine lives in East Tennessee with her spouse, children, and a rambunctious crew of lovable pets with themed names.