Tim Tingle
{{Short description|Choctaw author and laureate}}
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Tim Tingle is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma an author and storyteller of twenty books.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-22 |title=Native American Literary Festival celebrates 25th anniversary |url=https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/community/arts-entertainment/native-american-literary-festival-celebrates-25th-anniversary/article_fee456e6-82c5-584f-9029-698f9f522224.html |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Tahlequah Daily Press |language=en}}
Early life
Tingle was raised on the Gulf Coast outside of Houston, Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teachingbooks.net/interview.cgi?id=96&a=1|title = TeachingBooks | Author & Book Resources to Support Reading Education}} He is an Oklahoma Choctaw. His great-great grandfather, John Carnes, walked the Trail of Tears in 1835, and his paternal grandmother attended Native American boarding schools in the early 1900s. In order to preserve the legacy of the Choctaw culture, Tim's family shared stories of their heritage and the struggles that Native Americans face.
Education
Tingle received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas, and he received his master's degree in English Literature (with a focus in Native American Studies) from the University of Oklahoma in 2003.{{Cite web|url=http://www.timtingle.com/tingle-s-bio.html|title=Tingle's Bio}}
Career
Tingle is a featured storyteller at festivals across the nation, after getting his start telling stories when he visited the school his son attended. He frequently performs at the Texas Storytelling Festival, most recently in March, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Camila |title=33rd Texas Storytelling Festival unites speakers and listeners with words |url=https://www.ntdaily.com/33rd-texas-storytelling-festival-unites-speakers-and-listeners-with-words/ |accessdate=20 March 2019 |work=North Texas Daily |publisher=University of North Texas |date=8 March 2018}} In 2002, he was featured at the National Storytelling Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.cincopuntos.com/authors_detail.sstg?id=45 |title=Cinco Puntos Press |website=www.cincopuntos.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207223725/http://www.cincopuntos.com/authors_detail.sstg?id=45 |archive-date=2006-12-07}} In June 2011, Tim spoke at the Library of Congress. In 2014, Tim was featured author and speaker at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Tingle has also travelled to Germany to complete over ten speaking tours on behalf of the US Department of Defense, teaching children and military personnel about his experience as a Choctaw Native American. Tingle was a speaker at the Native American wing of the Smithsonian Institution in 2006 and 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/B73587|title = Error | Kennedy Center}}
Tingle's first book, Walking the Choctaw Road, was recognized by Storytelling World Magazine as the Best Anthology of 2003.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2009/05/02/tim-tingle-native-american-storytelling/|title = Tim Tingle – the Historical Perspective of Native American Storytelling. « the Art of Storytelling Show}} He has won awards for many of his other books for youth. Flying Lessons, the anthology of stories edited by Ellen Oh for the We Need Diverse Books movement includes a piece by Tingle.{{cite news |last1=Schoenberg |first1=Nara |title=We need diverse books: How social media gave wings to a grassroots literary movement |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-flying-lessons-we-need-diverse-books-0108-20170104-story.html |accessdate=20 March 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=4 January 2017}}
Selected works
=Anthologies and short stories=
- Walking the Choctaw Road (Cinco Puntos Press, 2003) {{ISBN|978-0938317746}}{{Cite journal|last=Kerstetter|first=Todd|date=2008|title=Review of Walking the Choctaw Road: Stories from Red People Memory|journal=The Southwestern Historical Quarterly|volume=112|issue=2|pages=219|jstor=30239631|doi=10.1353/swh.2008.0105|s2cid=144618837}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/walking-the-choctaw-road/ |title=Walking the Choctaw Road |date=1 June 2003}}
- Texas Ghost Stories (Texas Tech University Press, 2004) {{ISBN|978-0896725263}}
- Spooky Texas Tales (Texas Tech University Press, 2005) {{ISBN|978-0896725652}}
- Spirits Dark and Light: Supernatural Tales from the Five Civilized Tribes (August House Publishers, 2006) {{ISBN|978-0874837780}}
- More Spooky Texas Tales (Texas Tech University Press, 2010) {{ISBN|978-0896727007}}
- Flying Lessons and Other Stories (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2017) {{ISBN|978-1101934593}}
=Standalone stories=
- Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom (Cinco Puntos Press, 2008) {{ISBN|978-1933693200}}
- Saltypie (Cinco Puntos Press, 2010) {{ISBN|978-1933693675}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/saltypie/ |title=Saltypie |date=15 April 2010}}
- When Turtle Grew Feathers (August House Publishers, 2013) {{ISBN|978-1939160218}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/when-turtle-grew-feathers/ |title=When Turtle Grew Feathers |date=15 May 2007}}
- House of Purple Cedar (Cinco Puntos Press, 2014) {{ISBN|978-1935955245}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/house-of-purple-cedar/ |journal=Kirkus Reviews |title=House of Purple Cedar |date=1 November 2013}}
- How I Became a Ghost (Roadrunner Press, 2015) {{ISBN|978-1937054557}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/how-i-became-ghost/ |title=How I Became a Ghost |date=15 June 2013}}
- When a Ghost Talks, Listen (Roadrunner Press, 2018) {{ISBN|978-1937054519}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/when-a-ghost-talks-listen/ |title=When a Ghost Talks, Listen |date=1 August 2018}}
- Stone River Crossing (Tu Books, 2019) {{ISBN|978-1937054519}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/stone-river-crossing/ |title=Stone River Crossing |date=1 April 2019}}
=Blackgoat series=
- Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner (7th Generation Publishers, 2013) {{ISBN|978-1939053039}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/danny-blackgoat-navajo-prisoner/ |title=Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner |date=15 June 2013}}
- Danny Blackgoat, Rugged Road to Freedom (7th Generation Publishers, 2014) {{ISBN|978-1939053053}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/danny-blackgoat-rugged-road-to-freedom/ |title=Danny Blackgoat, Rugged Road to Freedom |date=1 April 2014}}
=No Name series=
- No Name (7th Generation, 2014) {{ISBN|978-1-939053-06-0}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/no-name/ |title=No Name |date=15 September 2014}}
- No More No Name (7th Generation, 2017) {{ISBN|978-1-939053-17-6}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/no-more-no-name/ |title=No More No Name |date=1 July 2017}}
- A Name Earned (7th Generation, 2018) {{ISBN|978-1-939053-18-3}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/name-earned/ |title=A Name Earned |date=1 January 2018}}
- Trust Your Name (7th Generation, 2018) {{ISBN|978-1-939053-19-0}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/trust-your-name/ |title=Trust Your Name |date=20 August 2018}}
- Name Your Mountain (7th Generation, 2020) {{ISBN|978-1-939053-20-6}}{{cite journal |journal=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tim-tingle/name-your-mountain/ |title=Name Your Mountain |date=15 October 2020}}
Honors and awards
- 2018 Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award{{Cite web|url=https://pcc.ou.edu/content/book-award-call-made|title = Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive}}
- Spirits Dark and Light: Supernatural Tales from the Five Civilized Tribes — 2006 IndieFab Award, Popular Culture (third place)
- Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom — 2007 American Library Association - Notable Children's Book (winner){{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/content/crossing-bok-chitto-choctaw-tale-friendship-and-freedom |website=ALA American Library Association |accessdate=15 March 2019|title=Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom | Awards & Grants }}
- How I Became a Ghost — 2013 American Indian Youth Literature Award - Middle School (winner); 2014 American Indian Youth Literature Award - Middle School (winner)
- House of Purple Cedar — 2016 American Indian Youth Literature Award - Young Adult (winner)
- Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner — 2013 American Indian Youth Literature Award - Middle School (Honor Book); 2014 American Indian Youth Literature Award - Middle School (Honor Book); 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award - Multicultural Fiction Young Adult (bronze medal winner){{Cite web | url=https://www.fictiondb.com/author/tim-tingle~book-awards~91970.htm |title = Awards for Tim Tingle}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.timtingle.com/ Tim Tingle Website]
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