Tommy Orange: podcast appearances and interviews

Tommy Orange is an American novelist and writer from Oakland, California. He was born on January 19, 1982, and is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. Orange earned a master's degree in fine arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts. His first book, There There, published in 2018, was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and received the American Book Award in 2019. Orange was born and raised in the Dimond District of Oakland and continues to reside there. His work is recognized for its significant contributions to contemporary American literature, and he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in October 2025.