{{Short description|Chippewa-American author (born 1966)}} {{Infobox person | name = Angeline Boulley | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] -->Angeline Boulley 8125986.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[Central Michigan University]] | other_names = | occupation = Writer | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = ''[[Firekeeper's Daughter]]'' }}
'''Angeline Boulley''' (born 1966) is a Native American ([[Ojibwe]]) author and has worked to improve education for Indigenous children. Her debut work, ''[[Firekeeper's Daughter]]'', was named one of the top 100 young adult novels of all time by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|title=The 100 Best YA Books of All Time|url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/|access-date=2021-12-21|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-date=2020-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122090732/https://time.com/100-best-young-adult-books/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was also a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best seller]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-12-10|title=Firekeeper's Daughter|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/angeline-boulley/firekeepers-daughter/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=[[Kirkus Reviews]]}}</ref> and won the [[Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Category List – Best Young Adult|url=https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-young-adult/|access-date=2023-11-21|website=[[Edgar Awards]]}}</ref> The novel will be adapted into a miniseries by [[Higher Ground Productions|Higher Ground]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ehrlich|first=Brenna|date=2021-03-16|title=How 'Indigenous Nancy Drew' Novel 'Firekeeper's Daughter' Caught the Eye of the Obamas|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/firekeepers-daughter-book-angeline-boulley-netflix-higher-ground-obamas-1142727/|access-date=2021-12-20|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == Boulley is an enrolled member of the [[Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angeline Boulley|url=https://authorsunbound.com/angeline-boulley|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Authors {{!}} Unbound|language=en-US}}</ref> She was born and raised in "Bahweting (the place of the rapids) in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]]."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About Angeline|url=https://angelineboulley.com/aboutangeline|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Angeline Boulley - #1 NYT Bestseller|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221000950/https://angelineboulley.com/aboutangeline}}</ref>
She is a graduate of [[Central Michigan University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-01 |title=Angeline Boulley |url=https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/angeline-boulley/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Book Series in Order}}</ref>
Her "father is a traditional firekeeper, who strikes ceremonial fires at spiritual activities in the tribal community and ensures protocols are followed, while providing cultural teachings through stories told around the fire."<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Boulley has worked in "Indian education at the tribal, state, and national levels."<ref name=":0"/> At the tribal level, she served as the Educational Director and Assistant Director.<ref name=":0"/> She also served on the Board of Regents at [[Bay Mills Community College]] before becoming the Director for the [[Bureau of Indian Education|Office of Indian Education]] at the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]].<ref name=":0"/>
At present, Boulley works as a full-time author.<ref name=":0"/>
== ''Firekeeper's Daughter'' == {{main|Firekeeper's Daughter}} Boulley's debut novel, ''Firekeeper's Daughter'', was published March 16, 2021, by [[Henry Holt and Company|Henry Holt and Co.]]<ref name=Harris>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Elizabeth A. |title=Donna Barba Higuera Wins Newbery Medal for 'The Last Cuentista' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/books/newbery-last-cuentista-caldecott-watercress.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=24 January 2022 |date=24 January 2022}}</ref> The book is a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best seller]].<ref name=":2"/> ''Time'' magazine named it one of the best 100 young adult books of all time.<ref name=":1" /> In 2022, it won the [[Michael L. Printz Award]] for young adult literature, the [[Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel]], the [[William C. Morris Award]], and the [[American Indian Youth Literature Awards|American Indian Youth Literature Award]] Best Young Adult Honor.<ref>{{Cite news |title=They didn't get the Newbery or Caldecott but these kids' authors won big this year |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075394582/american-library-association-children-books-newbery-caldecott |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref> In the same year, it was named to the [[Bank Street College of Education|Bank Street]] Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List with an "Outstanding Merit" distinction and shared the Committee's 2022 [[Josette Frank Award]] with [[Matt de la Peña]] and [[Christian Robinson|Christian Robinson's]] ''Milo Imagines the World''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hare |first=Peter |title=2022 Edition |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/best-childrens-books-of-the-year/edition/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hare |first=Peter |title=Awards |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/awards/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US}}</ref> The German translation, which retains the English title and was published in 2022 by [[Cbj (publisher)|cbj]], was nominated in March 2023 for the [[Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis]] in the category "YA novel".
The novel is being adapted for television at [[Netflix]] by [[Higher Ground Productions]], former President [[Barack Obama]] and [[Michelle Obama|Michelle Obama's]] production company.<ref name=Harris/>
Boulley's second novel, [[Warrior Girl Unearthed]], was published in 2023 and is set in the same community of Sugar Island ten years later than Firekeeper's Daughter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paxson |first1=Caitlyn |title='Warrior Girl Unearthed' revisits the 'Firekeeper's Daughter' cast of characters |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1172699332/warrior-girl-unearthed-firekeepers-daughter-novel-angeline-boulley |access-date=17 January 2026 |publisher=NPR |date=May 10, 2023}}</ref>
Boulley's third novel, [[Sisters in the Wind]] was published in 2025 and takes place in the same fictionalized world of her tribe and community as the first two novels.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ulaby |first1=Neda |title=New teen thriller 'Sisters in the Wind' finds drama in hidden identities |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5486701/sisters-in-the-wind-firekeepers-daughter-angeline-boulley |access-date=17 January 2026 |publisher=NPR |date=September 8, 2025}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
===Novels=== * {{cite book |title=[[Firekeeper's Daughter]]|location=New York City|publisher=[[Henry Holt and Co]]|year=2021|isbn=1250766567}} * {{cite book |title=[[Warrior Girl Unearthed]] |location=New York City|publisher=Henry Holt and Co.|year=2023|isbn=1250766583}} * {{cite book |title=[[Sisters in the Wind]] |location=New York City|publisher=Henry Holt and Co.|year=2025|isbn=1250328535}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|https://angelineboulley.com/}}
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