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Eric Gansworth


Born
The United States
Genre
Fiction


Gansworth is an enrolled citizen of the Onondaga Nation; however, he grew up in the Tuscarora Nation as a descendant of one of two Onondaga women present among the Tuscarora at the foundation of the nation in the 18th century. Gansworth originally qualified in electroencephalography, considered a profession useful to his nation; however, he went on to study literature and to continue a lifelong interest in painting and drawing.

Gansworth has written five novels, including the award-winning Mending Skins (2005) and Extra Indians (2010). In all his novels, illustrations form an integral part of the reading experience. His most recent novel, If I Ever Get out of Here is his first Young Adult novel, and deals with the 1975 friendship between two ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 12,227 ratings · 2,552 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors
If I Ever Get Out of Here
3.92 avg rating — 3,345 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions
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Apple: Skin to the Core
3.78 avg rating — 2,324 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions
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Give Me Some Truth
3.43 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions
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My Good Man
3.82 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions
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Extra Indians
3.67 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Mending Skins (Native Stori...
3.90 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2005
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Smoke Dancing
4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2004
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Sovereign Bones: New Native...
3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Indian Summers
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions
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A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmo...
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“I want to grab your hand, allow you to pull me through, to take us wherever you want to go, fill my calendar with your smile and laugh the way we used to”
― Eric Gansworth
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“I tell you here what I have seen, what I have heard, what I have lived. I choose not to be silent, and you can choose to open your ears, and eyes, or close them. Maybe this story is not for you. We can agree that we each see the world differently, and each have a contribution to the larger story, and believe we have things to learn from each other.”
― Eric Gansworth, Apple: Skin to the Core
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“maybe when my mother claimed there was no word for love, she was really saying that no word could encompass all the different ways we find it.”
― Eric Gansworth, Apple:
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