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Dawn Quigley

Dawn Quigley is an author and educator. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota. Her first book, ''Apple in the Middle'', was nominated for the American Indian Youth Literature Award and the WILLA Literary Award.

Quigley attended the University of Minnesota, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a Master of Education degree and Doctor of Philosophy degree in Curriculum and Instruction, as well as middle school endorsements in Math and English Language Arts. She also received certificates in K–6 Elementary Education and K–12 Literacy from Augsburg College.

Quigley taught English Language Arts in K–12 schools for 18 years and was an Indian Education program co-director. She is currently an assistant professor at St. Catherine University, where she teaches in the Education Department. Her research interests lie in teacher education, Native American literature, and Indigenous research methods. Her scholarly writing has been published in ''Social Identities'' and ''American Indian Quarterly''. Provided by Wikipedia