When THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGB , the story of two female warriors in precolonial Connecticut, was first published, I ran a Facebook ad. A number of indigenous people commented, wondering if I was Native American, and if not, whether I made the same mistake a lot of non-Native American people do, that indigenous tribes were/are more or less all the same. I’m not indigenous, and I did not make that mistake for two reasons. My research illuminated how different each

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! I’m here in Colorado this week to celebrate my birthday with my sisters and their husbands. What better...

by Leslie K. Simmons One of the biggest reasons I read historical fiction is to look at the world through the eyes of historical figures....