Danielle Shandiin Emerson is a Diné writer from Shiprock, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation. Her clans are Tłaashchi’i (Red Cheek People Clan), born for Ta’neezaahníí (Tangled People Clan). She has a B.A. in Education Studies and a B.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University. She has received support from GrubStreet, Lambda Literary, The Diné Artisan + Author Capacity Building Institute, Ucross Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, and Sundress Publications.
Selected work
- Fiction
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Sandstone Ballad
Uncharted, 2025

Firsts & Lasts
The Rappahannock Review, 2024

Her Butterfly
Yellow Medicine Review, 2024

The Marking of Ben and October
Yellow Medicine Review, 2024

Children of Ko'
Cola Literary Review, 2024

The Grief of Christmas and Ymir
Swamp Pink, 2024

The Second Oldest
Surging Tide Magazine, 2023