36 years old (Born on January 31, 1989)
Happy Birthday, Ella Cara Deloria! With a knack for storytelling that made Sioux legends as irresistible as cake at a birthday party, you elegantly wove oral traditions into timeless prose, ensuring generations could savor these captivating tales. Sure, your novel "Waterlily" took about forty years to make its grand debut—talk about suspense—but trust us, it was worth every moment we waited!Today we celebrate not just your pioneering research and countless contributions in anthropology but also your humor and patience; forty-plus years of waiting for publication prove you're truly the queen of delayed gratification. Here's to timeless legends—and authors who age like fine literature!
Ella Cara Deloria's Best Moments
