| 词条 | Velma Wallis |
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| name = Velma Wallis | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1960 | birth_place = Near Fort Yukon, Alaska | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Novelist | known_for = Author of bestseller Two Old Women | spouse = | children = Three daughters and a son | parents = | relatives = Twelve siblings }}Velma Wallis (born 1960) is a Native American writer of Gwich'in Athabascan Indian descent. Her books have been translated into 17 languages.[1] Early lifeShe was born and raised in a remote Alaskan village near Fort Yukon, approximately {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Fairbanks. This location could be accessed only by riverboat, airplane, snowmobile or dogsled.[2] Velma grew up among 12 siblings. Her father died when she was 13 years old, and she stayed out of school to help her mother with the household. She later went on to receive her GED. IndependenceAbout 12 miles away from the village, her father had built a small cabin in the wilderness. He had been a hunter and trapper. Some time after his death Velma surprised her family and friends by leaving home and living in the cabin for some years. She perfected her trapping, fishing and hunting skills and lived on what she could provide for herself. At one point her mother joined her during the summer to teach her more traditional skills. In this area, where the Porcupine River flows into the Yukon River, Velma Wallis lived an independent lifestyle. These experiences led to write her first book, Two Old Women, which astonished her publisher by selling 1.5 million copies worldwide. Personal lifeVelma Wallis, who has three daughters and a son, now divides her time between Fairbanks and Fort Yukon.[3] Awards
Velma Wallis bibliography
References1. ^Velma Wallis on Native American Authors. Ipl.org. Retrieved on 2012-02-20. 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/166350/Wallis,%20Velma.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=Velma Wallis: Voices From the Gaps: University of Minnesota|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} 3. ^Velma Wallis : Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota. Voices.cla.umn.edu. Retrieved on 2012-02-20. External links
| title = Velma Wallis | work = HarperCollins Publishers | accessdate = 2013-08-13 | url = http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/10281/Velma_Wallis/index.aspx }}
| title = Velma Wallis | work = Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota | accessdate = 2013-08-13 | url = http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/wallisVelma.php }}
| title = Velma Wallis, 1960 | work = Native American Authors | accessdate = 2013-08-13 | url = http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A350 }}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallis, Velma}} 11 : 1960 births|21st-century American novelists|21st-century American women writers|Alaskan Athabaskan people|American women novelists|Gwich'in people|Living people|Native American novelists|Writers from Fairbanks, Alaska|People from Fort Yukon, Alaska|American Book Award winners |
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