Leslie Marmon Silko

Leslie Marmon SilkoLeslie Marmon Silko is a literary fiction author and a respected Native American writer specializing in the Laguna Pueblo tribe. The talented author received a Genius Grant in 1981 for her work and her role in bringing the so-called Native American Renaissance and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. For Silko, writing has always been the only thing she wanted to do. After getting her BA in 1969, Silko briefly attended law school but later ditched it for her literary career. This author currently lives in Tuscon, Arizona.