Tommy Orange

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 for Fiction and received the 2019 American Book Award. In October 2025, Orange was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

Orange is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He earned a master's degree in fine arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts. He was born and raised in the Dimond District of Oakland, California, and resides there. Provided by Wikipedia