Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-....

Joseph Bruchac received his Ph.D. from Union Institute (Ohio) in 1975. He was publisher and editor of Greenfield Review from 1969-1990 and instructor in Creative Writing and in African and Black Literatures from 1969-73 at Skidmore College in New York. He is a well-known poet, storyteller, novelist and children's author who focuses on Native American topics. He has won many awards for his work including the Woodcraft Circle Writer of the Year autobiography award in 1998 for Bowman's Store.

Joseph Bruchac was born on October 16, 1942, in Saratoga Springs, NY. While writing, he has held jobs as an instructor of creative writing, a musician and storyteller-in-residence. A Native American, he has written picture books, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry about Native American folk-tales and culture. He is considered the best-known contemporary Native American storyteller. He has received many honors and awards for his work, including the Wordcraft Cirlce of Native American Writers and Storytellers' Writer of the Year Award and Storyteller of the Year Award, both in 1998.

Biographical sources: Something About the Author, vol. 176