LeAnne Howe previously taught American Indian Studies and English at the University of Minnesota and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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LeAnne Howe was born into a Choctaw family in Edmond, Oklahoma, and attended local schools as a child.
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LeAnne Howe later attended Oklahoma State University, where she majored in English.
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Years later, Howe returned to studies, gaining a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2000 in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Norwich University.
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LeAnne Howe taught, lectured and developed courses in Native American Studies at the University of Iowa and at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
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LeAnne Howe has explored Native American experiences through writing screenplays.
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LeAnne Howe has written fiction, creative non-fiction, plays, and poetry.
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LeAnne Howe has conducted public readings of her work, and has lectured in Japan, Jordan, Israel, Romania, and Spain.
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LeAnne Howe's work has been published in various journals and anthologies.
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LeAnne Howe received the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award in 2002 for her novel Shell Shaker.
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In 2012, LeAnne Howe was the recipient of a United States Artists Fellow award.
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In 2015, LeAnne Howe was awarded the first MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages for her second novel, titled Choctalking On Other Realities.