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Writer, prof at KU, enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation OK. Shirley Jackson Award Finalist for The Bone Picker.

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The Art of Murder

There is nothing like having your book on the New York Times list of best new mysteries!

01.03.2026 11:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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February 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us Each month, <em>Ms.</em> provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. There are hundreds of books being released every month, and it is…

@karlajstrand.com's February reads feature freedom fighters, champion horse racers, feminist vampires and more.
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05.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The release date for Blood Relay is fast approaching! February 24 at all bookstores. Here’s the mood setting playlist.

05.02.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blood Relay by Devon Mihesuah Choctaw historian Mihesuah (The Bone Picker) tracks the search for a missing Indigenous woman in this intense procedural. After ...

"The author’s depiction of Native life is full of distinctive personalities who will hold readers’ attention, and her visceral fight scenes have a grittier, more lived-in edge than those in the average cop novel. The result is a satisfying, deeply felt, and uncomfortably relevant crime story."

19.12.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
BLOOD RELAY a novel. 
DEVON MIHESUAH 
An outline of the back of a woman appears between two cliff faces. At the bottom of the book, we see horses and riders racing in a Native horse relay

BLOOD RELAY a novel. DEVON MIHESUAH An outline of the back of a woman appears between two cliff faces. At the bottom of the book, we see horses and riders racing in a Native horse relay

ABOUT BLOOD RELAY 

Choctaw Detective Perry Antelope has been with her partner, Sophia Burns, for only six months. Perry is a seasoned investigator while the ex-Olympian shot putter Sophia is a former street-smart police officer. Together, they are an intrepid pair with an established record of success. But when Perry and Sophia are called to investigate the disappearance of Dels Billy, a beloved women’s Indian Horse Relay rider, they quickly realize that it’s not as cut-and-dry as anything they’ve faced before.

ABOUT BLOOD RELAY Choctaw Detective Perry Antelope has been with her partner, Sophia Burns, for only six months. Perry is a seasoned investigator while the ex-Olympian shot putter Sophia is a former street-smart police officer. Together, they are an intrepid pair with an established record of success. But when Perry and Sophia are called to investigate the disappearance of Dels Billy, a beloved women’s Indian Horse Relay rider, they quickly realize that it’s not as cut-and-dry as anything they’ve faced before.

COVER REVEAL for @dmihesuah.bsky.social‬'s upcoming BLOOD RELAY.

Available for Preorder Now. Out Everywhere Feb 24, 2026

Visit www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783232... for details.

#suspense #thriller #booksky #tribaljurisdiction #ChoctawNation

30.06.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am thrilled to reveal the cover of my novel Blood Relay, forthcoming from Penguin/Random House. #IndianHorseRelays #thriller #mystery #crimefiction #tribaljurisdiction @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @jacquilipton.bsky.social www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/783232...

27.06.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're so pleased to announce that Devon Mihesuah's "The Bone Picker: Native Stories, Alternate Histories" is a Shirley Jackson Awards nominee! Winners will be announced July 19th. www.shirleyjacksonawards.org

10.06.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bone Picker is finalist for a Shirley Jackson Award!

10.06.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"The Bone Picker" is a 2024 Foreword INDIES Winner "The Bone Picker" is a Foreword INDIES winner in Short Stories (Adult Fiction).

www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books...

06.06.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In Short Stories:
The Bone Picker: Native Stories, Alternate Histories by Devon A. Mihesuah. www.oupress.com/978080619467...

06.03.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2024 Foreword INDIES Finalists These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The finalists of the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

Wow! OUP is thrilled to announce that the following titles are finalists for the 2024 Foreword INDIES! Winners will be announced in June and we are honored to be included with such incredible titles. Please join us in congratulating our authors! www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final...

06.03.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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A full house for our Fort Collins Book Festival session, β€œHorror with a Twist” with Lindsay King Miller (The Z Word), Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians; I Was a Teenage Slasher, etc) and moderator Heather Hein (Gladys the Vampire).

09.02.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Horror with a Twist - Fort Collins Book Fest Fort Collins Book Fest presents Horror with a Twist featuring Stephen Graham Jones, Devon A. Mihusuah, and Lindsay King-Miller. Free.

Oh its almost here!! to the FoCO Book Festival - Horror with a Twist February 8 (focobookfest.org/event/horror...) @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social @dmihesuah.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social...so stoked...and hope to see @angelasylvaine.bsky.social and @paperbackbish.bsky.social there too!

31.01.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Book signing at the Boulder Bookstore

30.01.2025 01:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE BONE PICKER Explores Alternative Histories In Indigenous Horror Author Devon A. Mihesuah's THE BONE PICKER explores alternative histories in Indigenous Horror. Read more about the collection right here.
08.12.2024 00:43 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1. The Dead Take the A-Train, Cassandra Khaw
2. Exile in Guyville, Amy Lee Lillard
3. Dance of the Returned, Devon Mihesuah
4. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel, Shahnaz Habib
5. We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and Other Stories, Margaret Killjoy

21.10.2024 01:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Share your book recs with me. Kinda in a horror/creepy mode: Cassandra Khaw, Elizabeth Hand, Victor LaValle, ooh Devon Mihesuah are who I've been reading lately.

11.04.2024 00:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My review of The Bone Picker is up at Compulsive Reader. Yakoke to the Choctaw historian and horror writer @dmihesuah.bsky.social for writing the book of Choctaw legend and lore that I’ve wanted to read since I was a kid.

compulsivereader.com/2024/11/24/a...

25.11.2024 17:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0