Craig Kee Strete (born 6 May 1950) is an American science fiction writer of Cherokee descent.
[1] He is noted for his use of American Indian themes and has had multiple Nebula Award nominations.
[citation needed] Beginning in the early 1970s, while working in the Film and Television industry, Strete began writing emotional Native American themed, and science fiction short stories and novellas.
He has had three Nebula Award nominations: two for the short stories Time Deer and A Sunday Visit with Great-grandfather[2] and one for the novelette The Bleeding Man.
[3] In 1974 Strete published a magazine dedicated to Native American science fiction, Red Planet Earth.