James, Nolan Karras

Jim Kristofic grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona and has worked on and off the "Rez" for more than ten years as a river guide, park ranger, journalist, ranch hand, and oral historian. He's written for the Navajo Times, Arizona Highways, High Country News, and Native Peoples Magazine. His memoir, Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life, was a finalist for the 2012 Spur Award and was named a 2011 Southwest Book of the Year.