Cynthia Leitich Smith: What inspired "Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids"

Cynthia Leitich Smith shares the idea that inspired "Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids," an anthology she edited that features stories, poems, and artwork from a diverse group of Native contributors.

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Cynthia Leitich Smith

Children’s Author

Cynthia Leitich Smith is the 2021 NSK Neustadt Laureate and a New York Times bestselling author of books for young readers. She is also the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books, and serves as the Katherine Paterson Inaugural Endowed Chair on the faculty of the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Cynthia is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and lives in Austin, Texas.

To see more of Cynthia’s short stories, essays, and poems, take a look at her collected works for children and young adults on her website and blog, Cynsations .

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