 His young adult thriller, "Skeleton Man", received the Sequoyah Book Award in 2004.In the 1990s, many Native authored books for children were published, including the work of Louise Erdrich (Ojibwa), Joy Harjo (Muscogee Creek Nation), Michael Lacapa (Apache/Hopi/Tewa), Gayle Ross (Cherokee Nation), Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek), Joseph McLellan (Nez Perce), N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), Cheryl Savageau (Abenaki/Metis), Jan Waboose (Anishinaabe), and Bernelda Wheeler (Cree).In 2007, Sherman Alexie joined the growing list of Native authors writing for children with the release of his young adult fiction "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian."