S.D. Nelson is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who also has Norse heritage. He has written and illustrated numerous children’s picture books – most recently, Grandma’s Tipi – and the YA novel Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies. Nelson’s books have received the American Indian Library Association (ALA) Honor Book Award, the Western Writers of America Spur Award and, twice, the ALA Notable Book Award. He also illustrated Billy Mills’ autobiographical children’s book, Wings of an Eagle.

Featured title: Grandma’s Tipi: A Present-Day Lakota Story

Website: https://sdnelson.net/

S.D.’S EVENTS:

• Thursday, Sept 19 @ 10:00 a.m. – Wings of an Eagle: Sharing Gold Medal Dreams – Washington Pavilion, Belbas Theater, Sioux Falls
• Thursday, Sept 19 @ 12:00 p.m. – Live Radio Broadcast: In the Moment with Lori Walsh – SDPB Sioux Falls Studio
• Thursday, Sept 19 @ 1:30 p.m. – Wings of an Eagle: Sharing Gold Medal Dreams – Washington Pavilion, Belbas Theater, Sioux Falls
• Friday, Sept 20 @ 10:00 a.m. – Wings of an Eagle: Sharing Gold Medal Dreams – Children’s Museum, Party on Two, Brookings
• Friday, Sept 20 @ 12:30 p.m. – Wings of an Eagle: Sharing Gold Medal Dreams – Children’s Museum, Party on Two, Brookings
• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 2:00 p.m. – Sharing Lakota Culture Through Art & Literature – South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings
• Saturday, Sept. 21 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings

View the full schedule here!