A new novella from the acclaimed author of Ceremony , and Almanac of the Dead . Leslie Marmon Silko is the author of the novels Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead , and Gardens in the Dunes . She has also written many short stories, poems and essays, and her most recent book is a memoir, The Turquoise Ledge. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and an NEA fellowship, Silko lives in Tucson, Arizona, on the boundary of Saguaro National Park West.