Ron Querry (born 1943) (Choctaw) is the author, to date, of two novels, The Death of Bernadette Lefthand and Bad Medicine, both accounts of contemporary American Indian life in the Southwestern United States. The internationally acclaimed Bernadette has been honored with awards from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers and the Border Regional Library Association and as a finalist for the Prix littéraire Regional Book Award in France. In addition to the English language, the novels are translated and published in French, German, and Bulgarian. Querry’s non-fiction books include the memoir I See by my Get-Up, a juvenile text Discrimination, and the collection Growing Old at Willie Nelson’s Picnic. He has contributed essays, articles, and reviews to a broad range of newspapers and periodicals. With an earned Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, Querry has taught and lectured at colleges and universities in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio. [ - ]

Ron Querry (born 1943) (Choctaw) is the author, to date, of two novels, The Death of Bernadette... [ + ]