Biography
STACIE SHANNON DENETSOSIE is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. Her clans are Todích'íí'nii (Bitterwater Clan), born for Naakaii (Mexican Clan). She is a fiction writer and poet. She was named a 2025 National Book Foundation 5 Under 25 Honoree. Her debut short story collection, The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories, was named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year, a Foreword INDIES Book Award winner, and a 2024 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize finalist. Stacie received her MA from Utah State University and her MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Originally from Kayenta, Arizona, she currently resides in Northern Utah with her husband and cat.
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Stacie Denetsosie is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts and holds an MA from Utah State University.
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Born in Kayenta, Arizona, Stacie lived with her grandmother for the first four years of her life. Her first language was Navajo. She is the eldest of two siblings and all her cousins. She is a first-generation graduate with a Master of Arts Degree from Utah State University and an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Fiction.
Stacie writes about growing up Diné far from home, returning home, and community connection. She lives close to her mother in Logan, Utah, with her husband and cat. When she’s not writing, she can be found watching Derry Girls or Pen15, or exploring the Desert Southwest with her husband.
