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David Heska Wanbli Weiden

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David Heska Wanbli Weiden is an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, a novelist, professor, and author of Indigenous crime fiction. His books include the Virgil Wounded Horse novels Winter Counts and Wisdom Corner, and the children's biography Spotted Tail. He holds an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts, a law degree from the University of Denver, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor of English and Native American and Indigenous Studies at Stony Brook University and has received the PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship, MacDowell fellowships, and other fellowships and residencies.

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Cover of Winter Counts

Winter Counts

The debut novel and first book in the Virgil Wounded Horse series.

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Spotted Tail

A standalone children's biography of the Lakota leader Spotted Tail.

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novel series · ongoing

Virgil Wounded Horse

A crime-thriller series featuring Virgil Wounded Horse, a Sicangu Lakota enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.

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  1. 1 Cover of Winter Counts
    Winter Counts

    Book 1 · novel · 2020

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  2. 2 Cover of Wisdom Corner
    Wisdom Corner

    Book 2 · novel · 2026

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Children's books (1)
  1. Cover of Spotted Tail
    Spotted Tail

    juvenile biography · 2019

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