Marcie Rendon, author of Where They Last Saw Her
Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College
Each week leading up to the 37th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here.
What inspired you to write this book – or inspired you while writing it?
This book is about the bonds of Native women’s friendships and our commitment to the well-being of each other, our families and our communities.
Tell us about someone (whose name isn’t on the cover!) who proved instrumental to the creation of this book.
So many Native women, who lead and inspire, in our communities – I drew on them for inspiration to write this book. Being a Native woman is a super power.
Please tell us something about yourself that is not widely known. (It doesn’t have to be about the book in question – or even about your writing at all!)
I wanted to be a fashion designer and still enjoy sewing.
Share your thoughts about the role and value of libraries.
I thrived on books that I was able to check out from the Bookmobile when I was growing up in northern Minnesota.
Marcie R. Rendon, citizen of the White Earth Nation, is one of O: The Oprah Magazine’s 31 Native American Authors to Read Right Now and a McKnight Distinguished Artist Award winner. Author of the acclaimed Cash Blackbear novels: Murder on the Red River and Girl Gone Missing, she is also a playwright and poet.