From Scholarly Tomes to Murder Mystery

A Muscogee Creek and Cherokee from Oklahoma, Tom Holm is a prolific Native American scholar and award-winning UA American Indian Studies professor. He’s published more than 50 articles, books and government reports, even a children’s book on Native American warriors and code talkers in World War II. Now he’s turned to fiction, writing a gritty murder mystery set in 1920s Oklahoma with corrupt lawmen, insatiable businessmen and an oil boom on Indian land. His debut novel is called “The Osage Rose.” “New York Times” best-selling author Margaret Coel says, “Tom Holm has written an engaging debut novel with characters that matter and a story that lingers on after you've turned the last page.“ The book is published by UA Press.