Broken Road is set on the Qualla Boundary, lands held in trust for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation in the Smokey Mountains and is, in many ways, a companion piece to an earlier short story collection, Constant Fire (Oberon Press, 1995). My interest in the Cherokee dates back to the sixties when my father became Director of Unto These Hills, an outdoor drama run by the Cherokee Historical Association.  It was a position that he held for many years until he was replaced by my brother as Director and became, instead, the show’s Producer. All in all, my family’s connection with the show, with CHA and with the Cherokee spanned thirty years.     

I would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council during the writing of Broken Road.

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