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Tommy Orange (born January 19, 1982) is an American novelist and writer from Oakland, California. His first book, There There (2018), was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and received the 2019 American Book Award. Orange is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Feb 26, 2024 · Tommy Orange triumphantly returns with “Wandering Stars,” the follow-up to his groundbreaking 2018 debut, “ There There. ” Part prequel, part sequel, yet wholly standing on its own, Orange ...
- Jonathan Escoffery
May 31, 2018 · “There There,” Tommy Orange’s polyphonic debut novel, takes its title from Gertrude Stein’s cutting line about Oakland, Calif: “There is no there there.”
- Alexandra Alter
Feb 27, 2024 · Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange's "hella" powerful followup to his award-winning debut novel, There There, is at once a sequel and a prequel. An eloquent indictment of the devastating long-term...
Jun 4, 2018 · Tommy Orange talks about his inspiration, influences, and challenges in writing his acclaimed debut novel, There There, a panorama of contemporary Native American life in Oakland. The book explores the voices, histories, and struggles of a diverse group of characters who converge at a Powwow.
Jun 5, 2018 · Tommy Orange. Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780525520375. Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize.
Tommy Orange is a bestselling novelist and a Pulitzer Prize finalist for There There, a story about urban Native Americans. He also wrote Wandering Stars, a novel about the legacy of the Sand Creek Massacre and the Carlisle Indian School.
