He is a winner of the penfaulkner award for fiction, the penmalamud award for short fiction, a penhemingway citation for best first fiction, and the national book award for young peoples literature. It was adapted as the film smoke signals, for which he also wrote the screenplay. His bestknown book is the lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven, a collection of short stories. Seattle weekly a national best seller,indian killer is arguably sherman alexie s most controversial book to datea gritty, racially charged literary thriller that, over a decade after its first publication, remains an electrifying tale of alienation and justice.
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