Dawn Quigley

Dawn Quigley is an author and educator. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota. Her first book, Apple in the Middle, was nominated for the American Indian Youth Literature Award and the WILLA Literary Award.

Quigley attended the University of Minnesota, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a Master of Education degree and Doctor of Philosophy degree in Curriculum and Instruction, as well as middle school endorsements in Math and English Language Arts. She also received certificates in K–6 Elementary Education and K–12 Literacy from Augsburg College. and American Indian Quarterly. Publications

Apple in the Middle, published August 2, 2018 by North Dakota State University Press American Indian Youth Literature Award nominee (2020) Great Lakes Great Books nominee (2020) Independent Press Award for Young Adult Fiction winner (2019) Moonbeam Gold Award winner (2018) Native American Heroes, published 2019 by Scholastic Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, published February 9, 2021 by Heartdrum Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-be Best Friend, illustrated by Tara Audibert, published May 11, 2021 by Heartdrum Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants, published May 10, 2022 by Heartdrum Jo Jo Makoons: Snow Day, published September 19, 2023 by Heartdrum Jo Jo Makoons: Rule School, published September 10, 2024 by Heartdrum Jo Jo Makoons: The Super-Scary Sleepover, published September 16, 2025 by Heartdrum