Tommy Orange is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, he was born and raised in Oakland, California. His first book, There There, received the 2019 American Book Award, and his second novel, Wandering Stars, is a New York Times bestseller.
Photograph by Michael Lionstar.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Narrative 10, an interview, in Spring 2026