Jon Hickey is a Minnesota-born author and member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa Indians (Anishinaabe). He is the author of the forthcoming novel "Big Chief," to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. His short fiction has appeared in prestigious literary journals including Virginia Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast, and the Massachusetts Review.
Hickey holds an MFA from Cornell University and was a Stegner Fellow in fiction at Stanford University. His writing explores themes of identity, heritage, and contemporary Native American experiences. He currently resides in San Francisco with his family, where he continues to write and develop new literary projects.