Mona Susan Power is the author of numerous short stories and four books of fiction: The Grass Dancer (awarded the PEN/Hemingway prize), Roofwalker, Sacred Wilderness and A Council of Dolls (longlisted for the National Book Award and the Carol Shields Prize and winner of the Minnesota Book Award). An enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe (Yanktonai Dakota), Power was born and raised in Chicago and now lives in Minnesota.

Featured title: A Council of Dolls

Website: https://www.monasusanpower.com/

MONA’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 10:15 a.m. – Writing the Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools – SDSU American Indian Student Center, Brookings
• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 12:00 p.m. – SDPB Live Broadcast of In the Moment with Lori Walsh – The Oscar, Larson Memorial Concert Hall (102F), Brookings
• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 9:00 a.m. – Turning Real Life Into Fiction – The Oscar, Founders Recital Hall (101A), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept. 21 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings

View the full schedule here!