NHBF Author: Christine Hartman Derr

Christine Hartman Derr is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Her short fiction is included in Just YA as well as in the Michael L. Printz Award–winning anthology Legendary Frybread Drive-In. Her debut picture book, Until We Meet Again: Donadagohvi and debut novel, Raven, Rising, are forthcoming from Heartdrum/HarperCollins Children’s. Further work can be found on Indigenous Reads Rising, Booklist, and in the Bank Street College of Education Occasional Paper Series. Originally from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Christine lives in East Tennessee with her spouse, children, and a rambunctious crew of lovable pets with themed names.

This author is scheduled to appear at the NH Book Festival which will be held at the Capitol Center for the Arts & NHBF Festival Village on South Main Street in Concord, NH on October 2-3, 2026.