News & Updates
Firekeeper’s Daughter Spring Tour Dates
April 2024
To view more information about Angeline's book or upcoming tour dates, please visit michiganhumanities.org/great-michigan-read or our events page.
Warrior Girl Unearthed in GoodReads Choice Awards 2023!
November 14, 2023
The 15th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards, which is the only major book awards decided by readers, has begun! Opening Round Nominee Books by Indigenous Authors include: Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley, Venco by Cherie Dimaline, Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones, and Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina. Voting is from November 14th to November 26th.
View All GoodReads Choice Awards 2023 Categories
View Best Young Adult Fiction Nominees
Best-selling author Angeline Boulley on new novel ‘Warrior Girl Unearthed’
Washinton Post Live | May 25, 2023
Angeline Boulley, the best-selling author of “Firekeeper’s Daughter,” is bringing readers back into the lives of Native American women in a new thriller, “Warrior Girl Unearthed.” Boulley joins The Post’s Frances Stead Sellers to discuss her new book, her work to spotlight the Ojibwe community and her path as a writer.
Watch interview clips here
Warrior Girl Unearthed listed on Jenna's Summer 2023 Reading List on TODAY Show!
TODAY Show | May 22, 2023
“The picks range from classics that you might’ve grown up reading to brand-new books published earlier this year. Our list that reflects diverse topics — and hopefully has enough characters for every kid to feel represented," she says.
Watch the TODAY Show segment here
Warrior Girl Unearthed Now Available!
Macmillan Publishers | May 02, 2023
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.
Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won't ever take her far from home, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home, as her family becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder investigation, and as greedy grave robbers seek to profit off of what belongs to her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry begins to question everything.
Read more about Warrior Girl Unearthed.
Purchase here: Birch Bark Books | Macmillan | Barnes & Noble | Amazon
Michigan Reading Association: 67th Annual Conference
Angeline will be a featured speaker at the 2023 Michigan Reading Association Conference on Saturday March 18th, 2023. The conference is located at Devos Place in Grand Rapids Michigan.
Learn more about the Michigan Reading Association Conference 2023
North Texas Teen Book Festival
Taking place at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, TX. Angeline Boulley will hold a Young Adult keynote conversation on Saturday March 4th, 2023.
Learn more about the North Texas Teen Book Festival
Best-Selling Author Angeline Boulley Talks Upcoming Novel and Bringing Native Authors to Bat
Native News Online | By Jenna Kunze | October 21, 2022
New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) was out for a walk in her former neighborhood near Washington, D.C., when she heard the voice of a 16-year-old girl in her head that told her, “I stole everything they think I did, and even stuff they don’t know about yet.”
Continue reading about Angeline Boulley's upcoming book Warrior Girl Unearthed
Boulley’s ‘Warrior Girl Unearthed’ to come out in May 2023
AP News | August 5, 2022
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers announced Friday that Boulley’s “Warrior Girl Unearthed” will come out May 2023. Like its predecessor, “Warrior Girl Unearthed” will be set in an Ojibwe community, focusing on a teenage girl who learns of a plot to make money off the theft of Indigenous graves. Holt calls the book “a complex and compelling mystery, effortlessly exploring themes of identity, family, and reclamation in a Native community.”
Continue reading about Angeline Boulley's new book here
Q with Tom Power - Interview with Angeline Boulley
May 4, 2021
After a long career as an education advocate for Indigenous communities, Angeline Boulley has published her first book, Firekeeper's Daughter, to critical and commercial acclaim. The Ojibwe author sold her debut young adult novel at the age of 54 after coming up with the idea for it back in high school. It’s been chosen for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club and has also been optioned by the Obama’s production company. Boulley joined Tom Power to tell us more about Firekeeper's Daughter and the importance of telling contemporary Indigenous stories.
Listen to the full audio interview with Angeline Boulley
Author Angeline Boulley talks about her new book, 'Firekeeper’s Daughter'
Good Morning America | May 4, 2021
The YA novel is about an Indigenous teen who witnesses a shocking tragedy and puts her life on the line to find the truth and save her community.
Watch full Good Morning America interview with Angeline Boulley
Diverse Mentorship: Angeline Boulley and Diana Ma in Conversation
School Library Journal | By Diana Ma and Angeline Boulley | Mar 09, 2021
In 2019, Diana Ma and Angeline Boulley were part of the We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program, partnering with YA heavy hitters to craft their debut novels. Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter is the story of a young Ojibwe woman who witnesses a murder and becomes an FBI informant on a new drug. Ma’s Heiress Apparently follows a Chinese American actress who travels to Beijing for a role and discovers long-concealed family secrets. Here, the authors discuss their writing challenges, their families’ reactions to their novels, and using the YA genre to underscore insights about identity and culture.
Continue Reading Diana Ma and Angeline Boulley's article
Netflix & the Obamas' Higher Ground will Adapt FIREKEEPER'S Daughter for Series
DEADLINE | By Peter White | February 5, 2021
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground Productions has set its latest slate of film and TV projects for Netflix.
The streamer is developing two TV series and four feature films as part of the slate.
On the TV side, Reverie and Extant creator Mickey Fisher is adapting Firekeeper’s Daughter, the debut YA thriller from Angeline Boulley. The book follows an 18-year-old Native girl as she reluctantly goes undercover in a police investigation on her Ojibwe reservation. Fisher will serve as showrunner and co-write with Wenonah Wilms, the Horsehead Girls writer who is also from the Ojibwe tribe and will also act as exec producer.
Read the full article about the Firekeeper's Daughter Netflix adaptation
Debut YA by Member of Chippewa Tribe Sells in Seven-Figure Deal
Publishers Weekly | By Rachel Deahl | Oct 08, 2019
A debut YA novel called The Firekeeper's Daughter sold for a sum rumored to be seven figures, after a 12-bidder auction, in the run-up to next week's Frankfurt Book Fair. The novel by Angeline Boulley, which Tiffany Liao at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers nabbed in a North American rights agreement, is currently making the rounds among foreign publishers.
Read the full article about the Firekeeper's Daughter 12-bidder auction
"How the WNDB Mentorship Program Helped Me Grow as a Writer"
By Angeline Boulley | September 23, 2019
I applied for the year-long mentorship through the We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) nonprofit organization in October 2017 and was not selected.
As any writer knows, rejection is part of the process. Every rejection hurts, some more than others. This one was not so bad. Something about it felt hopeful. I sensed I was a contender and that it just hadn’t gone my way in this instance.
Nearly a year later, after a major revision and working with a freelance editor, I was encouraged to try again. I dusted off my WNDB application, reread my writing sample from 2017, and saw my growth.
As a writer, I hover between extra confidence (“My manuscript is fantastic and I must remember that one high school anecdote for when Terry Gross interviews me on Fresh Air!”) and zero confidence (“No one will ever read this or be moved by it. Who am I to even try?”).
So, in an extra-confident moment in October 2018, I applied again for the WNDB Young Adult Mentorship Program. And then my confidence went on hiatus. Doubt crept in. My manuscript is dark. Wherever the line is in YA literature, my story surely crosses it. It is not everyone’s cup of tea. Would my sample pages resonate with any of the mentors?
I’d read the bio sketches of the three YA mentors and one, Francisco X. Stork, stayed with me. I read his most recent book, Disappeared, which dealt with siblings grappling with drug-related criminal elements in their town. I connected with his stories and his writing.
In December 2018, I received an email notifying me that I had been selected for a WNDB mentorship in the Young Adult category and my mentor would be Francisco X. Stork!
The year-long mentorship began in January 2019. Francisco and I communicated via email. He read my full manuscript and offered to provide feedback in sections. He also wrote about his experiences as a writer, working with editors and publishers. Sometimes we communicated every week and other times we both had work, travel, family, and other commitments that took priority.
Firekeeper’s Daughter Spring Tour Dates
April, 2024
To view more information about Angeline's book or upcoming tour dates, please visit michiganhumanities.org/great-michigan-read or our events page.
Best-selling author Angeline Boulley on new novel ‘Warrior Girl Unearthed’
Washinton Post Live | May 25, 2023
Angeline Boulley, the best-selling author of “Firekeeper’s Daughter,” is bringing readers back into the lives of Native American women in a new thriller, “Warrior Girl Unearthed.” Boulley joins The Post’s Frances Stead Sellers to discuss her new book, her work to spotlight the Ojibwe community and her path as a writer.
Watch interview clips here
Warrior Girl Unearthed listed on Jenna's Summer 2023 Reading List on TODAY Show!
TODAY Show | May 22, 2023
“The picks range from classics that you might’ve grown up reading to brand-new books published earlier this year. Our list that reflects diverse topics — and hopefully has enough characters for every kid to feel represented," she says.
Watch the TODAY Show segment here
Warrior Girl Unearthed Now Available!
Macmillan Publishers | May 02, 2023
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.
Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won't ever take her far from home, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home, as her family becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder investigation, and as greedy grave robbers seek to profit off of what belongs to her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry begins to question everything.
Read more about Warrior Girl Unearthed.
Purchase here: Birch Bark Books | Macmillan | Barnes & Noble | Amazon
Michigan Reading Association: 67th Annual Conference
Angeline will be a featured speaker at the 2023 Michigan Reading Association Conference on Saturday March 18th, 2023. The conference is located at Devos Place in Grand Rapids Michigan.
Learn more about the Michigan Reading Association Conference 2023
North Texas Teen Book Festival
Taking place at the Irving Convention Center in Irving, TX. Angeline Boulley will hold a Young Adult keynote conversation on Saturday March 4th, 2023.
Learn more about the North Texas Teen Book Festival
Best-Selling Author Angeline Boulley Talks Upcoming Novel and Bringing Native Authors to Bat
Native News Online | By Jenna Kunze | October 21, 2022
New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) was out for a walk in her former neighborhood near Washington, D.C., when she heard the voice of a 16-year-old girl in her head that told her, “I stole everything they think I did, and even stuff they don’t know about yet.”
Continue reading about Angeline Boulley's upcoming book Warrior Girl Unearthed
Boulley’s ‘Warrior Girl Unearthed’ to come out in May 2023
AP News | August 5, 2022
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers announced Friday that Boulley’s “Warrior Girl Unearthed” will come out May 2023. Like its predecessor, “Warrior Girl Unearthed” will be set in an Ojibwe community, focusing on a teenage girl who learns of a plot to make money off the theft of Indigenous graves. Holt calls the book “a complex and compelling mystery, effortlessly exploring themes of identity, family, and reclamation in a Native community.”
Continue reading about Angeline Boulley's new book here
Q with Tom Power - Interview with Angeline Boulley
May 4, 2021
After a long career as an education advocate for Indigenous communities, Angeline Boulley has published her first book, Firekeeper's Daughter, to critical and commercial acclaim. The Ojibwe author sold her debut young adult novel at the age of 54 after coming up with the idea for it back in high school. It’s been chosen for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club and has also been optioned by the Obama’s production company. Boulley joined Tom Power to tell us more about Firekeeper's Daughter and the importance of telling contemporary Indigenous stories.
Listen to the full audio interview with Angeline Boulley
Author Angeline Boulley talks about her new book, 'Firekeeper’s Daughter'
Good Morning America | May 4, 2021
The YA novel is about an Indigenous teen who witnesses a shocking tragedy and puts her life on the line to find the truth and save her community.
Watch full Good Morning America interview with Angeline Boulley
Diverse Mentorship: Angeline Boulley and Diana Ma in Conversation
School Library Journal | By Diana Ma and Angeline Boulley | Mar 09, 2021
In 2019, Diana Ma and Angeline Boulley were part of the We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program, partnering with YA heavy hitters to craft their debut novels. Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter is the story of a young Ojibwe woman who witnesses a murder and becomes an FBI informant on a new drug. Ma’s Heiress Apparently follows a Chinese American actress who travels to Beijing for a role and discovers long-concealed family secrets. Here, the authors discuss their writing challenges, their families’ reactions to their novels, and using the YA genre to underscore insights about identity and culture.
Continue Reading Diana Ma and Angeline Boulley's article
Netflix & the Obamas' Higher Ground will Adapt FIREKEEPER'S Daughter for Series
DEADLINE | By Peter White | February 5, 2021
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground Productions has set its latest slate of film and TV projects for Netflix.
The streamer is developing two TV series and four feature films as part of the slate.
On the TV side, Reverie and Extant creator Mickey Fisher is adapting Firekeeper’s Daughter, the debut YA thriller from Angeline Boulley. The book follows an 18-year-old Native girl as she reluctantly goes undercover in a police investigation on her Ojibwe reservation. Fisher will serve as showrunner and co-write with Wenonah Wilms, the Horsehead Girls writer who is also from the Ojibwe tribe and will also act as exec producer.
Read the full article about the Firekeeper's Daughter Netflix adaptation
Debut YA by Member of Chippewa Tribe Sells in Seven-Figure Deal
Publishers Weekly | By Rachel Deahl | Oct 08, 2019
A debut YA novel called The Firekeeper's Daughter sold for a sum rumored to be seven figures, after a 12-bidder auction, in the run-up to next week's Frankfurt Book Fair. The novel by Angeline Boulley, which Tiffany Liao at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers nabbed in a North American rights agreement, is currently making the rounds among foreign publishers.
Read the full article about the Firekeeper's Daughter 12-bidder auction
"How the WNDB Mentorship Program Helped Me Grow as a Writer"
By Angeline Boulley | September 23, 2019
I applied for the year-long mentorship through the We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) nonprofit organization in October 2017 and was not selected.
As any writer knows, rejection is part of the process. Every rejection hurts, some more than others. This one was not so bad. Something about it felt hopeful. I sensed I was a contender and that it just hadn’t gone my way in this instance.
Nearly a year later, after a major revision and working with a freelance editor, I was encouraged to try again. I dusted off my WNDB application, reread my writing sample from 2017, and saw my growth.
As a writer, I hover between extra confidence (“My manuscript is fantastic and I must remember that one high school anecdote for when Terry Gross interviews me on Fresh Air!”) and zero confidence (“No one will ever read this or be moved by it. Who am I to even try?”).
So, in an extra-confident moment in October 2018, I applied again for the WNDB Young Adult Mentorship Program. And then my confidence went on hiatus. Doubt crept in. My manuscript is dark. Wherever the line is in YA literature, my story surely crosses it. It is not everyone’s cup of tea. Would my sample pages resonate with any of the mentors?
I’d read the bio sketches of the three YA mentors and one, Francisco X. Stork, stayed with me. I read his most recent book, Disappeared, which dealt with siblings grappling with drug-related criminal elements in their town. I connected with his stories and his writing.
In December 2018, I received an email notifying me that I had been selected for a WNDB mentorship in the Young Adult category and my mentor would be Francisco X. Stork!
The year-long mentorship began in January 2019. Francisco and I communicated via email. He read my full manuscript and offered to provide feedback in sections. He also wrote about his experiences as a writer, working with editors and publishers. Sometimes we communicated every week and other times we both had work, travel, family, and other commitments that took priority.
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