Vee F. Browne

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| birth_place = Ganado, Arizona, U.S.

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| occupation = Author of children's books

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| education = Western New Mexico University (MA)

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Vee F. Browne (born 1956 in Ganado, Arizona) is an American writer of children's literature, and journalist.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A60|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121220205856/http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A60|url-status=dead|title=Vee F. Browne on Native American Authors|date=20 December 2012|archive-date=20 December 2012|website=ipl.org|access-date=22 October 2018}} She is from Cottonwood and Tselani Arizona, and a member of the Navajo Nation, belonging to the Bitter Water and Water Flows Together clans.{{Cite book|last=Trafzer|first=Costo Chair in Native American Affairs Clifford E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcGGDwAAQBAJ&q=vee+browne%2C+1994+Rounce+&pg=PA357|title=Blue Dawn, Red Earth: New Native American Storytellers|date=1996|publisher=Anchor Books|isbn=978-0-385-47952-3|language=en}}

Browne studied journalism at the New Mexico State University. She obtained her M.A. from Western New Mexico University in 1990. She has worked as a journalist in Navajo Hopi Observer. She is also an Arizona Interscholastic Athletic Association volleyball and basketball referee.{{cite web|title=Vee F. Browne|url=http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/VBrowne/|access-date=15 January 2019|website=www.hanksville.org}}

Works

Monster Slayer: A Navajo Folktale, Northland Publishing, 1991{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHDYAAAAMAAJ|title=Monster Slayer: A Navajo Folktale|date=1991|publisher=Northland Pub.|isbn=978-0-87358-525-5|language=en}}
Monster Birds, Northland Publishing, 1993{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TSzAAAACAAJ|title=Monster Birds: A Navajo Folktale|date=1993|publisher=Northland Pub.|isbn=978-0-87358-558-3|language=en}}
Maria Tallchief: prima ballerina, Modern Curriculum Press, 1995{{Cite web|title=Maria Tallchief : prima ballerina {{!}} ipl: Information You Can Trust|url=https://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/B1743|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.ipl.org}}
Owl: American Indian legends, Scholastic Inc., 1995{{Cite book|last1=Browne|first1=Vee|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31606003|title=Owl: American Indian legends|last2=Warren|first2=Vic|last3=Magnuson|first3=Diana|date=1995|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|isbn=978-0-590-22488-8|location=New York|language=en|oclc=31606003}}
Council of the rsinmakers address book, Northland Publishing, 1995{{Cite book|last=Browne|first=Vee|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/948276658|title=Council of the rainmakers address book.|date=1995|publisher=Northland Pub|isbn=978-0-87358-568-2|location=Place of publication not identified|language=en|oclc=948276658}}
Ravens dancing, 1st Books Library, 2001{{Cite book|last=Browne|first=Vee|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50059439|title=Ravens dancing|date=2001|publisher=1st Books Library|isbn=978-1-58820-996-2|location=United States|language=en|oclc=50059439}}
Birds and eggs, By Dixie Anderson, Molly Bang, Vee Browne, etal.,(publisher unknown), 2001{{Cite book|last1=Anderson|first1=Dixie|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64404065|title=Birds and eggs.|last2=Bang|first2=Molly|last3=Browne|first3=Vee|last4=Curran|first4=Eileen|last5=Damitz|first5=Charlie|last6=DePaola|first6=Tomie|last7=Duvoisin|first7=Roger|last8=Ginsburg|first8=Mirra|last9=Heine|first9=Helme|publisher=publisher not identified|year=2001|isbn=978-0-440-84836-3|location=Place of publication not identified|language=en|oclc=64404065}}
The stone cutter & the Navajo maiden, Salina Bookshelf, 2008{{Cite book|last1=Browne|first1=Vee|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82772374|title=The stone cutter & the Navajo maiden = Tsé yitsidí dóó chʼikę́ę́h bitsédaashjééʼ|last2=Yazzie|first2=Johnson|last3=Begay Manavi|first3=Lorraine|date=2008|publisher=Salina Bookshelf|isbn=978-1-893354-92-0|location=Flagstaff, Ariz.|oclc=82772374}}

Awards and recognition

1992 Western Heritage – Cowboy Hall of Fame Award, for her 1991 book, Monster Slayer{{Cite web|title=Past Western Heritage Award Winners|url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/western-heritage-award-winners/|access-date=2020-10-29|website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|language=en-US}}
Buddy Bo Jack Nationwide Award for Humanitaianis for Children's Books
1994 Western Books Award of Merit, Rounce & Coffin Club, Los Angeles, for Monster Birds