A member of the Western Writers of America, he has won Spur Awards for two of his novels, Nickajack and The Dark Island, and for his short story “Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography”.
His poems have been published in English, Cherokee, and Macedonian.Ĭonley is known for his accurate depiction of the old West, focusing on the history, tradition, and folklore of the Cherokee people. His poems and short stories have been published in numerous periodicals and anthologies over the years, including some in Germany, France, Belgium, New Zealand and Yugoslavia. Since that time he has had more than seventy books published, both fiction and non-fiction. His first novel, Back to Malachi, was published in 1986. Conley, one of Oklahoma’s most prolific authors, was born in Cushing in 1940.
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