Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

JOSEPH BRUCHAC, of Abenaki descent, is among the most respected and widely-published Native American authors, with more than 100 published books. Bruchac is also a professional storyteller and editor of the Greenfield Review Press, a literary publishing house he co-founded with his wife. The Bruchacs live in Greenfield Center, New York.

S. D. NELSON, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, is of Lakota and Norwegian descent. In addition to being a children's book illustrator, he is also the author/illustrator of two picture books, Gift Horse and The Star People. A former middle school art teacher, he now illustrates full-time near Phoenix, Arizona.