David Treuer

David Treuer is an American writer, critic, and academic. As of 2026, he has published eight books, with his most recent,The Savage Mind: An American Legacy, released on October 6, 2026. His 2019 book, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, was a National Book Award Finalist. Since 2010 he has been a professor of literature at University of Southern California.