Patricia Buckley

Patricia Morris Buckley (Kahnawá:ke Mohawk) is the regional advisor emeritus for SCBWI San Diego and taught writing for children for the University of San Diego extension program. A newspaper reporter and editor for many years, she followed her pasion for children's literature to become an elementary school librarian. She is the author of the Step into Reading book First Woman Cherokee Chief: Wilma Pearl Mankiller. She also blogs on nativeamericankidlit.com, a site she runs to celebrate Native creators of books for younger readers.