Tawa Witko

Tawa M Witko is a licensed clinical psychologist and published author of the non-fiction book Mental Health Care for Urban Indians: Clinical Insights from Native Practitioners (APA Books, 2006) which was one of the first books to address the specific needs within the urban Indian population. In addition she is a co-founder of Winyan Press, LLC with author Mindy Marin. Winyan Press is a female centric publishing house geared at helping female writers find their voice.

While she found a calling in Psychology, her passion has always been writing. She is a multi-genre author that focusses on Young Adult Fiction, Adult Romance, Suspense/Thrillers and Native American Fiction. Her first novel, Thirty Eight (Dec 2015), which she co-wrote with her daughter, is a coming of age story utilizing the backdrop of the Dakota 38 + 2 Memorial ride. She also wrote a short story called Shattered Glass which is part of the Thrill of the Hunt Anthology (Dec  2015). She has several stories in the works including 1)  An Adult Romance series called The Helios Chronicles, The first book in the series, 'Helios Awakened' will be out Summer 2016, 2) A Young Adult series called The Diakrisis Tales. The first in the series, 'An Unexpected Gift' is expected to be released Summer 2017 and 3) a Crime/Suspense series called The Talionic Files which is expected to be released Winter 2017.

In addition to writing, she is the principal editor for author Mindy Marin's Ceaseless Trilogy. The first two books of the series, Birth of the Phoenix (Feb 2015) and Flight of the Thunderbird (Jan 2016) are out now and the final installment Revenge of the Gryphons is expected late 2016.

She currently lives and works on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.