Her books sink into the depths of humanity’s darkest realities-gun violence, grief, our destruction of the planet-but also imagine the spirits, ghosts and animals that could exist alongside us. “Badger is the animal person who went up to earth and was responsible enough to then go back down,” she explains, “and say, ‘Hey, y’all should go see this thing!’ ”Įxploring the mysteries of the planet-and the beings that may exist beyond our comprehension-is what anchors Little Badger’s acclaimed young-adult fiction. Pausing on a park bench in Brooklyn, the author describes the significance of her namesake. “Badger” is an important figure in the tribe’s origin narrative, which says that at first, the earth was empty-and then the creatures of the world below set out to explore it. She was born Darcie Erin Ryan-Little Badger coming, in the tradition of the Lipan Apache tribe, upon graduation from high school. And, of course, the story that gave her her name. Darcie Little Badger is set to release her new YA novel, 'A Snake Falls to Earth' Credit - Jeremy Dennis for TIMEĭarcie Little Badger has been shaped by stories-the stories passed down to her through generations of family members, the stories she devoured as a fantasy-obsessed kid, the stories she now writes in books for young adults.
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