Born in Chicago, Illinois, Nick Medina appreciates blues-based music, local folklore, and snowy winters. He has degrees in organizational and multicultural communication, and has worked as a college instructor. He enjoys playing guitar, listening to classic rock, exploring haunted cemeteries, and all sorts of spooky stuff. Connect with him on nickmedina.net, Instagram (@nickmedinawrites), and Twitter (@MedinaNick).
"With the excellent Sisters of the Lost Nation, Nick Medina
expertly balances Native mythology, a grounded coming of age story,
and a modern, all too real and terrible mystery of Native girls
going missing. Gripping, heartbreaking, and vital, this is a novel
you won't soon forget, and Anna Horn will no doubt become one of
your most cherished fictional characters."
--Paul Tremblay, national bestselling author of A Head Full of
Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club
"Sisters of the Lost Nation weaves Native folklore with truths that
we feel in our bones to create a story that is as beautiful as it
is sad, as powerful as it is frightening, as familiar as it is
otherworldly."
--Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor and The Hunger
"Nick Medina's Sisters of the Lost Nation is a powerful debut novel
that drops you in a unique world filled with horrors, both real and
mythological. It grips you from the start, engages you to the
finish and stays with you after."
--Iris Yamashita, author of City Under One Roof "A pulse-pounding
horror thriller with a riveting central mystery, Medina's debut is
a masterclass in suspense. It's also a moving portrayal of the
painful rift between past and present, and an urgent reminder of
the profound importance of storytelling, of being heard, seen, and
remembered."
--Rachel Harrison, author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle "Sisters
of the Lost Nation is a dark and excruciatingly timely debut about
the very real horror of Native girls going missing. Medina's
decisive authorial voice and unforgettable characters made for an
incredibly powerful read."
--Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching
"Nick Medina's debut is a marvelous fusion of the thrilling, the
dark, and the uncanny. Nothing in this novel was exactly as I
expected it to be; its many denizens behave as real people do, with
heartbreaking and sometimes hair-raising unpredictability--and the
ending will eat you alive. Simply the best book I've read this
year."
--Tanen Jones, author of The Better Liar "Sisters of the Lost
Nation is a gripping and compelling story that's as poignant as it
is timely. Medina's spectacular blend of tribal mythology,
atmospheric settings, and a lead character who settles right into
your heart make this book unforgettable."
--Hannah Mary McKinnon, internationally bestselling author of Never
Coming Home "Medina's debut blends mystery and Indigenous American
mythologies to great effect...Though the Takoda tribe is not a real
one, the author has based it on existing Indigenous nations, and
the crimes against Indigenous women in the book are sadly
realistic. But it's the importance of stories, and who gets to keep
and tell them, that's at the heart of Medina's gothic mystery."
--Library Journal "Who's responsible for the disappearance of
members of Louisiana's Takoda tribe? That question, inspired by the
real-life epidemic of disappearances of Native Americans in both
the U.S. and Canada, drives the plot of Medina's pulse-pounding
debut....Medina resolves the plot well and gracefully weaves
real-life concerns about disappearing Native people into the
whodunit plot. This author is off to a strong start."
--Publishers Weekly
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