Kevin Noble Maillard

Kevin Noble Maillard is an American professor of law at Syracuse University, and the author of the award-winning children's picture book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story.

Education

Maillard has B.A. in public policy from Duke University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of [Pennsylvania Law School], and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan.

Biography

Maillard is a member of the Seminole [Nation of Oklahoma].

Books

Maillard's 2019 picture book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story was awarded the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational [Book Medal], and was the honor book in the 2020 American Indian [Youth Literature Awards]. Roaring Brook Press released his second picture book, And They Walk On, on October 14, 2025.