"Okay, folks, so this is a personal plea for understanding: If you have a request, comment, question, or offer, please send it to us. But we cannot guarantee when we'll find the time to respond, and we may not be able to respond at all. We hope you understand this policy as a way to protect my personal time."

- Sherman Alexie, FallsApart Productions

Please do not send unsolicited creative materials or ideas to Sherman Alexie or FallsApart Productions. For legal reasons, Sherman Alexie and FallsApart Productions cannot accept any unsolicited materials, and any such material received will be destroyed or returned to the sender unread. At present, the only way to submit any such material is through a recognized agent in the entertainment or publishing industry.

Please choose a topic:
fan mail
business inquiries
interview requests
speaking invitations
public middle and high school (K-12) speaking requests & classroom visits
writing requests
permissions - reprinting poetry
permissions - reprinting fiction
permissions - reprinting non-fiction
permissions - reprinting screenplays
permissions - Smoke Signals
permissions - The Business of Fancydancing
book orders
photo requests & permissions
web site issues/suggestions
Jim Boyd

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Fan mail. You are welcome to send fan mail to the following address:

Sherman Alexie
FallsApart Productions
PMB 2294
10002 Aurora Avenue North, #36
Seattle, WA 98133

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Speaking invitations. Please contact Sherman's speaking agency for information on his availability and speaking fees.

If you represent a public high school, or any public school K-12, requesting a talk or classroom visit, please click the link to go to the public high school contact page for more information. Please do not send requests to Sherman's speaking agency.

Royce Carlton Agency
866 United Nations Plaza Ste 587
New York, N.Y. 10017-1880
Tel: 212-355-7700 or 800-LECTURE
roycecarlton.com
info@roycecarlton.com

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Publishing permission inquiries.

Poetry: Please contact Sherman's poetry publisher, Hanging Loose Press, for any requests to reprint Sherman's poetry.

Hanging Loose Press
231 Wyckoff Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
hangingloosepress.com

The only exception to this is for use of poems from Old Shirts & New Skins. Please contact Nancy Stauffer Cahoon at StaufferAssoc@optonline.net to request permission to publish these poems. Additional contact information for Nancy is below.

Fiction: Please contact Sherman's publisher, Grove/Atlantic, for requests to reprint material from Sherman's novels and short stories: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Reservation Blues, Indian Killer, The Toughest Indian in the World, and Ten Little Indians. Please allow at least two months response time, due to the backlog of requests.

Permissions Department
Grove/Atlantic
841 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
Fax: 212-614-7886

Please contact Little, Brown for permission requests regarding The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Publishers and editors, please send inquires to Sherman's literary agent for permission to reprint fiction pieces not published by Grove/Atlantic, or for new fiction publishing inquiries.

Nancy Stauffer Associates
1540 Boston Post Road
P.O. Box 1203
Darien, CT 06820 USA
Tel: 203 202 2500
Fax: 203-655-3704
StaufferAssoc@optonline.net

Non-fiction: Publishers and editors, please contact Sherman's literary agency, Nancy Stauffer Associates, for permission to reprint his non-fiction pieces or for non-fiction publishing inquiries.

Nancy Stauffer Associates
1540 Boston Post Road
P.O. Box 1203
Darien, CT 06820 USA
Tel: 203 202 2500
Fax: 203-655-3704
StaufferAssoc@optonline.net

Screenplays: Please contact Hyperion for permission queries concerning the Smoke Signals screenplay. Customer service: 800-759-0190

Please contact FallsApart Productions at christyc@fallsapart.com for permission queries regarding The Business of Fancydancing screenplay.

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Film: Please contact Miramax for permission queries regarding Smoke Signals, including images. Web site: miramax.com

Please visit the Web site for rental information and any questions regarding The Business of Fancydancing film. Web site: fallsapart.com/fancydancing

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Book Orders: To order books in quantity for an event, please contact the publisher or distributor directly.

For The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, contact customer service at Little, Brown - 800 759 0190 or customer.service@ hbgusa.com 

For Flight, Ten Little Indians, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Reservation Blues, and Indian Killer, please call Perseus Books Group's toll-free number, (800) 788-3123, or (731) 988-4440, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday. You may fax orders to (800) 351-5073.

For poetry collections, please contact Hanging Loose Press.

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Photos: The following photographers have photos of Sherman available for various usages:

Rob Casey: http://www.robcasey.net

Rex Rystedt: http://www.seattlephoto.com/

Susan Sheridan: http://www.susansheridanphotography.com/

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Business inquiries, interview requests, general requests. To contact Sherman with any requests, including interview requests, which do not fall in the categories above, please send a written request, including all details, to the following address or to Christy Cox via e-mail:

FallsApart Productions
Requests - PMB 2294
10002 Aurora Avenue North, #36
Seattle, WA 98133
christyc@fallsapart.com

If you are a public high school or middle school requesting a classroom visit, please go to the high school contact page for more information.

Please note that due to the large number of inquires received, we may not be able to get back to you in a timely manner and we are not able to respond to all requests.

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Jim Boyd. To order a copy of Reservation Blues: The Soundtrack or any of Jim Boyd's music, visit the Web site for Thunderwolf Productions, Jim Boyd's production company: thunderwolfrecords.com

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Web site issues. For any issues, questions or suggestions regarding the Sherman Alexie Web site, please contact christyc@fallsapart.com.