Jen Loren Author

Jen Loren (Cherokee Nation) is an Emmy Award–winning TV host, a filmmaker, and the senior director of Cherokee Film. As senior director, she sets strategy and oversees the entirety of operations for Cherokee Film Productions, Cherokee Film Studios, Cherokee Film Commission and the Cherokee Film Institute. Selected as an inaugural Obama Leader by the Obama Foundation in July 2023, Jen is globally recognized for her work, breaking new ground for Native American representation in film and media. Ruth Muskrat and the “Indian Problem” is her debut book. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Rebecca Lee Kunz (Cherokee Nation) grew up in Oklahoma and went on to earn a BFA in painting from the College of Santa Fe. Rebecca is an artist and the owner of Tree of Life Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she runs her business and raises three daughters. Rebecca’s work draws upon traditional iconography and is greatly inspired by mythic and archetypal symbolism. Chooch Helped, her first book, was awarded the Caldecott Medal as the most distinguished American picture book for children.