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The following bibliography contains authors who were born or lived in Minnesota. They are sorted alphabetically by author's last name.

I encourage anyone to point out any Minnesota authors I may have missed.

--- //[[dan.malosh@state.mn.us|Dan Malosh @ MN1A Regional]] 2013/11/21 17:30//

REFERENCES:
http://www.thefriends.org/events/mnba/outreach-materials/literary-map/

Novelist - Born May 31, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/jonis-agee/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonis_Agee#Biography

• Strange Angels (1993) - Available Formats: RC 39148
• The River Wife (2007) - Available Formats: DB 64456

Historian - Born August 31, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Amato

• Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible (2000) - Available Formats: RC 51291

Novelist - Born November 25, 1926 in Bristol, Pennsylvania; Died July 31, 2001 in Orinda, California
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/a/poul-anderson/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poul_anderson#Biography

• The Avatar (1978) - Available Formats: RC 14773
• The Boat of a Million Years (1989) - Available Formats: DB 32289
• Brain Wave (1954) - Available Formats: DB 59111
• The Byworlder (1971) - Available Formats: RC 16724
• The Dancer from Atlantis (1972) - Available Formats: RC 16554 | BR 02895
• For Love and Glory (2003) - Available Formats: DB 57106
• The High Crusade (1960) - Available Formats: RC 14375
• The Merman's Children (1979) - Available Formats: RC 17415
• Mother of Kings (2001) - Available Formats: DB 60096
• Starfarers (1998) - Available Formats: DB 49154
• Tau Zero (1970) - Available Formats: DB 13290

• Conan the Rebel (1980) - Available Formats: DB 61193

• The Time Patrol (omnibus; contains Books #1-9) (1991) - Available Formats: DB 35105
• The Shield of Time (Book #10) (1990) - Available Formats: DB 33382

1. War of the Wing-Men (1958) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
2. Trader to the Stars (1964) - Available Formats: RC 16688
3. The Trouble Twisters (1966) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. Satan's World (1969) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
5. Mirkheim (1977) - Available Formats: RC 11523

• The Earth Book of Stormgate (1978) - Available Formats: DB 14616

1. Harvest of Stars (1992) - Available Formats: DB 37776
2. The Stars are Also Fire (1994) - Available Formats: DB 40383
3. Harvest the Fire (1995) - Available Formats: DB 44528
4. The Fleet of Stars (1997) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

Novelist - Born May 13, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/charles-baxter/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baxter_%28author%29#Biography

• The Feast of Love (2000) - Available Formats: DB 51804
• First Light (1987) - Available Formats: DB 27147
• Saul and Patsy (2003) - Available Formats: BR 15275
• Shadow Play (1993) - Available Formats: DB 38535 | BR 09711

• Believers: A Novella and Stories (1997) - Available Formats: RC 47019
• A Relative Stranger: Stories (1990) - Available Formats: RC 33571

Novelist - Born March 26, 1941 in Washington D.C.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/sandra-benitez/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Benitez

• Bitter Grounds (1998) - Available Formats: DB 63036
• A Place Where the Sea Remembers: A Novel (1993) - Available Formats: DB 55916 | BR 09524 | Spanish: RC 52973

Poet - Born October 25, 1914 in McAlester, Oklahoma; Died January 7, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berryman#Life_and_career

• Collected Poems: 1937-1971 (1989) - Available Formats: DB 45491
• Delusions, Etc. (1972) - Available Formats: BR 02051
• Recovery (1973) - Available Formats: BR 03065

Novelist/Essayist - Born April 16, 1930 in Duluth, Minnesota; Died December 21, 2007 in Oakdale, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/carol-bly/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Bly

• The Tomcat's Wife, and Other Stories (1991) - Available Formats: RC 36947

• Letters from the Country (1981) - Available Formats: RC 18644

Poet - Born December 23, 1926 in Madison, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bly#Life

• Iron John: A Book About Men (1990) - Available Formats: DB 31997
• The Sibling Society (1997) - Available Formats: RC 44095

• Loving a Woman in Two Worlds (1985) - Available Formats: RC 33628

Novelist - Born November 23, 1955 in St. Paul, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/steven-brust/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Brust

• Agyar (1993) - Available Formats: RC 37288

1. The Phoenix Guards (1991) - Available Formats: RC 43532
2. Five Hundred Years After (1994) - Available Formats: RC 43533
3. The Paths of the Dead (2002) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. The Lord of Castle Black (2003) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
5. Sethra Lavode (2004) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

Novelist - Born November 2, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/lois-mcmaster-bujold/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_McMaster_Bujold#Biography

• The Spirit Ring (1992) - Available Formats: RC 37866

1. Shards of Honor (1986) - Available Formats: BR 17287
2. Barrayar (1991) - Available Formats: BR 09534

1. The Curse of Chalion (2001) - Available Formats: RC 53074 | BR 13712
2. Paladin of Souls (2003) - Available Formats: DB 57356 | BR 16837
3. The Hallowed Hunt (2005) - Available Formats: DB 63819 | BR 17219

1. The Warrior's Apprentice (1986) - Available Formats: BR 17281
2. The Vor Game (1990) - Available Formats: BR 10544
3. Ethan of Athos (1986) - Available Formats: BR 17164
4. Falling Free (1988) - Available Formats: BR 09367
5. Brothers in Arms (1990) - Available Formats: BR 10666
6. Mirror Dance (1994) - Available Formats: BR 10665
7. Cetaganda (1996) - Available Formats: BR 10688
8. Memory (1996) - Available Formats: BR 11295
9. Komarr (1998) - Available Formats: BR 13036
10. Diplomatic Immunity (2002) - Available Formats: DB 54176 | BR 17544
11. Cryoburn (2010) - Available Formats: BR 20104
12. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012) - Available Formats: BR 19770

• Borders of Infinity (1989) - Available Formats: BR 17542
• A Civil Campaign: A Comedy of Biology and Manners (1999) - Available Formats: BR 17543

1. Beguilement (2006) - Available Formats: DB 64999
2. Legacy (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65034
3. Passage (2008) - Available Formats: DB 66875
4. Horizon: The Sharing Knife (2009) - Available Formats: DB 68548

Novelist - Born July 22 19?? in Great Falls, Montana (moved to Minnesota)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/patricia-calvert/
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/80445.Patricia_Calvert

• Glennis, Before and After (1996) - Available Formats: RC 45345
• Hadder MacColl (1985) - Available Formats: RC 24516
• The Snowbird (1980) - Available Formats: RC 19863
• Writing to Richie (1994) - Available Formats: RC 39990

1. Bigger (1994) - Available Formats: RC 39559
2. Sooner (1998) - Available Formats: RC 47841
3. Betrayed! (2002) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

Children's Author - Born August 9, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/john-coy/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coy

• Box Out (2008) - Available Formats: DB 69924
• Crackback (2005) - Available Formats: DB 62753

1. Top of the Order (2009) - Available Formats: DB 69143
2. Eyes on the Goal (2010) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
3. Love of the Game (2011) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. Take Your Best Shot (2012) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

Children's Author - Born 1931 in St. Paul, Minnesota; Died 2001 in St. Paul, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/judy-delton/

• The Elephant in Duck's Garden (1985) - Available Formats: RC 25700
• Rabbit Goes to Night School (1986) - Available Formats: RC 28196
• Two Good Friends (1974) - Available Formats: BR 02691

1. Back Yard Angel (1983) - Available Formats: DB 29586
2. Angel in Charge (1985) - Available Formats: DB 29587
3. Angel's Mother's Boyfriend (1986) - Available Formats: DB 29100
4. Angel's Mother's Wedding (1987) - Available Formats: DB 29648
5. Angel's Mother's Baby (1988) - Available Formats: DB 32475
6. Angel Spreads Her Wings (1999) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
7. Angel Bites the Bullet (2000) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

1. Kitty From the Start (1987) - Available Formats: DB 26552
2. Kitty in the Middle (1979) - Available Formats: RC 26553
3. Kitty in the Summer (1980) - Available Formats: DB 26554
4. Kitty in High School (1984) - Available Formats: DB 26555

Children's & Young Adult Novelist - Born March 25, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/kate-dicamillo/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_DiCamillo

• Because of Winn-Dixie (2000) - Available Formats: DB 50679 | BR 12917
• Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken (2008) - Available Formats: BR 18036
• The Magician's Elephant (2009) - Available Formats: DB 70066 | BR 18739
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006) - Available Formats: DB 62599
• The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (2003) - Available Formats: DB 57805 | BR 15300
• The Tiger Rising (2001) - Available Formats: DB 54216

1. Mercy Watson to the Rescue (2005) - Available Formats: DB 62051
2. Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006) - Available Formats: DB 62778
3. Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006) - Available Formats: DB 64121
4. Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65722
5. Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (2008) - Available Formats: DB 70222
6. Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009) - Available Formats: DB 69669

1. Leroy Ninker Saddles Up (2014) - Available Formats: DB 80240
2. Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon (August 2015) - NOT YET IN PRINT

Novelist - Born November 1, 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Died January 31, 2001 in Richfield, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/gordon-r-dickson/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_R._Dickson

• The Pritcher Mass (1972) - Available Formats: BR 01998
• Time Storm (1977) - Available Formats: RC 12891

1. The Dragon and the George (1976) - Available Formats: BR 16717
2. The Dragon Knight (1990) - Available Formats: BR 09094
3. The Dragon on the Border (1992) - Available Formats: BR 09384
4. The Dragon at War (1992) - Available Formats: BR 09385
5. The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll (1994) - Available Formats: BR 10530
6. The Dragon and the Djinn (1996) - Available Formats: BR 10692
7. The Dragon and the Gnarly King (1997) - Available Formats: BR 16716
8. The Dragon in Lyonesse (1998) - Available Formats: BR 17197
9. The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent (2000) - Available Formats: BR 17208

• Ancient, My Enemy (1974) - Available Formats: RC 08712
• In Iron Years (1980) - Available Formats: BR 05243
• Nebula Winners Twelve [Edited by Gordon R. Dickson] (1978) - Available Formats: RC 14302

Poet/Novelist - Born February 2, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa; Died July 4, 2008 New York City, New York
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/thomas-m-disch/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_M._Disch

• Neighboring Lives (with Charles Naylor) (1981) - Available Formats: RC 18180
• On Wings of Song (1979) - Available Formats: RC 16397

1. The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (1984) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
2. The M.D.: A Horror Story (1991) - Available Formats: RC 39355
3. The Priest: A Gothic Romance (1994) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft (1999) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

• The Dreams Our Stuff is Made of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World (1998) - Available Formats: RC 48231 | BR 12179

• Getting into Death and Other Stories (1974) - Available Formats: BR 03147
• New Constellations: An Anthology of Tomorrow's Mythologies [Edited by Thomas M. Disch & Charles Naylor] (1976) - Available Formats: BR 03430

Musician/Poet - Born (Robert Zimmerman) May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan#Origins_and_musical_beginnings

• Chronicles, Vol. 1 (2004) - Available Formats: DB 59429 | BR 15792
• Lyrics: 1962-2001 (2004) - Available Formats: DB 60150 | BR 15916

Novelist - Born November 8, 1947 in Virginia (resides in Minnesota)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/kathleen-eagle/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Eagle

• Fire and Rain (1994) - Available Formats: DB 39637
• The Last True Cowboy (1998) - Available Formats: DB 47742
• Once Upon a Wedding (2002) DB 54839
• Reason to Believe (1995) - Available Formats: DB 45461
• Someday Soon (1984) - Available Formats: DB 35668
• Sunrise Song (1996) - Available Formats: DB 44788
• This Time Forever (1992) - Available Formats: DB 39740
• What the Heart Knows (1999) - Available Formats: DB 49348

1. The Last Good Man (2000) RC 51341
2. You Never Can Tell (2001) RC 54658 | BR 14248

1. The Night Remembers (1997) - Available Formats: DB 46185
2. Night Falls Like Silk (2003) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

Memoirist - Born (Hakadah and later named Ohiyesa/Ohíye S’a) February 19, 1858 near Redwood Falls, Minnesota; Died January 8, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eastman

• From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian (1916) - Available Formats: RC 34328 | BR 08804
• Red Hunters and the Animal People (1904) - Available Formats: RC 37176
• The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation (1911) - Available Formats: DB 35016
• Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold [co-authored with his wife Elaine Goodale Eastman] (1909) - Available Formats: DB 32745 | BR 08440

Novelist - Born (Karen Louise Erdrich) June 7, 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/louise-erdrich/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Erdrich

• The Antelope Wife (1997) - Available Formats: RC 46741
• The Antelope Woman (2015) - NOT YET AVAILABLE IN PRINT
• The Beet Queen (1986) - Available Formats: DB 23943
• The Bingo Palace (1994) - Available Formats: DB 39114
• The Crown of Columbus (co-authored with Michael Dorris) (1991) - Available Formats: DB 33023
• Four Souls (2004) - Available Formats: DB 59355
• The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (1999) - Available Formats: DB 53273
• Love Medicine (1984) - Available Formats: DB 22061
• The Master Butchers Singing Club (2003) - Available Formats: DB 58796
• The Painted Drum (2005) - Available Formats: DB 62861
• The Plague of Doves (2008) - Available Formats: DB 66886
• The Round House (2012) - Available Formats: DB 75641
• Shadow Tag (2010) - Available Formats: DB 70647
• Tales of Burning Love (1996) - Available Formats: DB 42836
• Tracks (1988) - Available Formats: DB 28557

1. The Birchbark House (1999) - Available Formats: DB 48991
2. The Game of Silence (2005) - Available Formats: DB 61109
3. The Porcupine Year (2008) - Available Formats: DB 68022
4. Chickadee (2012) - Available Formats: DB 79465

• The Best American Short Stories [An anthology of stories edited by Louise Erdrich with Katrina Kenison] (1993) - Available Formats: DB 38344
• The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 (2009) - Available Formats: DB 69544

• The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (1995) - Available Formats: BR 10450
• Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (2003) - Available Formats: DB 59035 INPROCESS

Novelist/Lawyer - Criminal Defense lawyer in Mankato, Minnesota. Studied at University of Minnesota and Hamline University School of Law.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/allen-eskens/

• The Life We Bury: A Novel (2014) - Available Formats: DB 79908
• The Guise of Another (2015) - NOT YET IN PRINT

Novelist - Born (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald) September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota; Died December 21, 1940 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/f-scott-fitzgerald/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald

• The Beautiful and Damned (1920) - Available Formats: DB 21332
• The Great Gatsby (1925) - Available Formats: DB 16147 | DB 55714 | BR 11057 - Spanish: DB 12249
• The Last Tycoon (1970) - Available Formats: DB 20373
• Tender is the Night (1934) - Available Formats: DB 18133 | BR 11055
• This Side of Paradise (1920) - Available Formats: DB 56720 | BR 10994

• The Jazz Age (1931) - Available Formats: BR 10826
• A Life in Letters (1994) - Available Formats: RC 44279

• Babylon Revisited, and Other Stories (1960) - Available Formats: RC 20460
• “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” and Other Stories (1998) - Available Formats: DB 48239
• Flappers and Philosophers (1920) - Available Formats: DB 47877
• The Pat Hobby Stories (1962) - Available Formats: RC 10678
• The Price Was High: The Last Uncollected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1979) - Available Formats: RC 14542
• Six Tales of the Jazz Age, and Other Stories (1925) - Available Formats: DB 68754 | BR 18322

Novelist - Born 1943 in Swanville, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/joanne-fluke/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Fluke

1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (2000) - Available Formats: DB 54603
2. Strawberry Shortcake Murder (2001) - Available Formats: DB 53725
3. Blueberry Muffin Murder (2001) - Available Formats: DB 55213
4. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (2001) - Available Formats: DB 57480
5. Fudge Cupcake Murder (2004) - Available Formats: DB 58266
6. Sugar Cookie Murder (2004) - Available Formats: DB 59854
7. Peach Cobbler Murder (2005) - Available Formats: DB 61409
8. Cherry Cheesecake Murder (2006) - Available Formats: DB 62220
9. Key Lime Pie Murder (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65255
10. Candy Cane Murder (2008) - Available Formats: DB 73341
11. Carrot Cake Murder (2008) - Available Formats: DB 68803
12. Cream Puff Murder (2009) - Available Formats: DB 68778
13. Plum Pudding Murder (2009) - Available Formats: DB 70865
14. Apple Turnover Murder (2010) - Available Formats: DB 70782
15. Devil's Food Cake Murder (2011) - Available Formats: DB 73015
16. Cinnamon Roll Murder (2012) - Available Formats: DB 77406
17. Red Velvet Cupcake Murder (2013) - Available Formats: DB 76255
18. Blackberry Pie Murder (2014) - Available Formats: DB 78348
19. Double Fudge Brownie Murder (2015) - Available Formats: DB 80863
20. Wedding Cake Murder (2016) - Available Formats: DB xxx

• Gingerbread Cookie Murder (omnibus; co-authored with Laura Levine and Leslie Meier) (2010) - Available Formats: DB 72467
• Sugar and Spice (Four short holiday love stories; 'Twelve Desserts of Christmas' was written by Joanne Fluke) (2006) - Available Formats: BR 17612

Novelist - Born April 6, 1966 in St. Paul, Minnesota; Died June 19, 2013 in St. Paul, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/vince-flynn/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Flynn

• Term Limits (1997) - Available Formats: DB 54711

1. American Assassin (2010) - Available Formats: DB 71925
2. Kill Shot (2012) - Available Formats: DB 74325
3. Transfer of Power (1999) - Available Formats: DB 50675
4. The Third Option (2000) - Available Formats: DB 53036
5. Separation of Power (2001) - Available Formats: DB 53501
6. Executive Power (2003) - Available Formats: DB 56302
7. Memorial Day (2004) - Available Formats: DB 58405
8. Consent to Kill (2005) - Available Formats: DB 62079
9. Act of Treason (2006) - Available Formats: DB 63866
10. Protect and Defend (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65530
11. Extreme Measures (2008) - Available Formats: DB 68506
12. Pursuit of Honor (2009) - Available Formats: DB 69687
13. The Last Man (2012) - Available Formats: DB 75740
14. The Survivor (2015) (with Kyle Mills) - NOT YET AVAILABLE IN PRINT

Politician/Satirist - Born May 21, 1951 in New York City, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_franken

• Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right (2003) - Available Formats: DB 56939
• Oh, the Things I Know! A Guide to Success, or, Failing that, Happiness (2003) - Available Formats: DB 54335
• Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations (1996) - Available Formats: RC 41786
• The Truth (With Jokes) (2005) - Available Formats: DB 61420
• Why Not Me? The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency (1999) - Available Formats: DB 47913

Children's Author/Illustrator - Born March 11, 1893 in New Ulm, Minnesota; Died June 27, 1946 in New York City, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_G%C3%A1g

• The ABC Bunny (1933) - Available Formats: DB 30798 | BR 16043
• Millions of Cats (1928) - Available Formats: DB 43117 | BR 13322
• Wanda Gag's the Earth Gnome (1947) - Available Formats: RC 25070
• Wanda Gag's the Sorcerer's Apprentice (1975) - Available Formats: RC 18930

Novelist - Born May 16, 1937 in Dubuque, Iowa; Died October 31, 2000 in Dubuque, Iowa
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/thomas-gifford/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gifford

• Praetorian (1993) - Available Formats: RC 38525

1. The Assassini (1990) - Available Formats: DB 60720
2. Saint's Rest (1996) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

1. The Wind Chill Factor (1975) - Available Formats: RC 14469
2. The First Sacrifice (1994) - Available Formats: RC 41338

Naturalist/Memoirist - Born May 23, 1947 in Montevideo, Minnesota; Died February 22, 2004 in Duluth, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gruchow

• The Necessity of Empty Places (1988) - Available Formats: RC 29425

Novelist - Born March 29, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/judith-guest/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Guest

• Errands (1997) - Available Formats: RC 43896
• Killing Time in St. Cloud (co-authored with Rebecca Hill) (1988) - Available Formats: DB 29470
• Ordinary people (1976) - Available Formats: DB 10149 - Italian: DB 18801
• Second Heaven (1982) - Available Formats: RC 18653
• The Tarnished Eye (2004) - Available Formats: DB 60893

Memoirist - Born March 12, 1946 in St. Paul, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Hampl

• Spillville (1987) - Available Formats: RC 34347
• Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life (1992) - Available Formats: RC 37873

Novelist - Born March 30, 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Died March 20, 2008 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/jon-hassler/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hassler

• The Love Hunter (1981) - Available Formats: RC 19434
• The New Woman (2005) - Available Formats: DB 63168
• North of Hope (1990) - Available Formats: RC 32464
• Simon's Night (1979) - Available Formats: RC 44880
• The Staggerford Murders – The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy's Nephew (2004) - Available Formats: DB 64368

1. Rookery Blues (1995) - Available Formats: DB 64432
2. The Dean's List (1997) - Available Formats: DB 65030 | BR 12055

1. Staggerford (1977) - Available Formats: DB 56651
2. Green Journey (1984) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
3. Dear James (1993) - Available Formats: RC 41830
4. The Staggerford Flood (2002) - Available Formats: DB 56631

• My Staggerford Journal (1999) - Available Formats: DB 56669

Novelist/Young Adult Novelist - Born September 29, 1952 in Berkeley, California
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/pete-hautman/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hautman

• The Big Crunch (2011) - Available Formats: DB 73001
• Blank Confession (2010) - Available Formats: DB 75381
• Godless (2004) - Available Formats: DB 59496
• Hole in the Sky (2001) - Available Formats: RC 53176
• Invisible (2005) - Available Formats: BR 16503
• Rash (2006) - Available Formats: DB 65447 | BR 16729
• Sweetblood () - Available Formats: DB 56722 INPROCESS

1. Snatched [co-authored with Mary Logue] (2006) - Available Formats: DB 66129
2. Skullduggery [co-authored with Mary Logue] (2007) - Available Formats: DB 66288
3. Doppelganger [co-authored with Mary Logue] (2008) - Available Formats: DB 67584

1. Stone Cold (1998) - Available Formats: RC 49638
2. All-In (2007) - Available Formats: DB 66347

1. Drawing Dead (1993) - Available Formats: RC 38267
2. Short Money (1995) - Available Formats: RC 45367
3. The Mortal Nuts (1996) - Available Formats: RC 45934
4. Ring Game (1997) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

1. The Obsidian Blade (2012) - Available Formats: DB 74478
2. The Cydonian Pyramid (2013) - NOT YET AVAILABLE
3. The Klaatu Terminus (2014) - NOT YET AVAILABLE

Novelist - Born 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri
http://smu.edu/smunews/matilda/haynes.asp

• The Full Matilda (2004) - Available Formats: BR 15720
• Live at Five (1996) - Available Formats: RC 43206
• Right by My Side (1993) - Available Formats: RC 37293
• Somebody Else's Mama (1995) - Available Formats: RC 43734

Novelist/Memoirist - Born January 1, 1976 in southern Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/nicole-lea-helget/
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/518438.Nicole_Helget

• The Turtle Catcher (2009) - Available Formats: DB 80223

• The Summer of Ordinary Ways (2005) - Available Formats: CMN00050 (Non-NLS; Minnesota cassette recording)

Novelist/Poet - Born 1940 in Sioux Center, Iowa
http://www.jimheynen.com/

• Being Youngest (1997) - Available Formats: BR 11756
• Cosmos Coyote and William the Nice (2000) - Available Formats: RC 51998

• Fishing for Chickens: Short Stories About Rural Youth [Edited by Jim Heynen] (2001) - Available Formats: BR 14274
• The One-Room Schoolhouse (1993) - Available Formats: RC 40675

Novelist - Born January 20, 1959 in Cresco, Iowa (raised in Harmony, Minnesota)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/tami-hoag/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tami_Hoag

• Dark Paradise (1994) - Available Formats: DB 40096
• Kill the Messenger (2004) - Available Formats: DB 58551
• Still Waters (1992) - Available Formats: DB 48906
• Straight from the Heart (1989) - Available Formats: DB 64547
• Taken by Storm (1992) - Available Formats: DB 65234

1. Night Sins (1995) - Available Formats: DB 40834
2. Guilty as Sin (1996) - Available Formats: DB 42045

1. The Restless Heart (1991) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
2. Lucky's Lady (1992) - Available Formats: DB 40349
3. Cry Wolf (1993) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. A Thin Dark Line (1997) - Available Formats: DB 44208

1. Dark Horse (2002) - Available Formats: DB 54836
2. The Alibi Man (2007) - Available Formats: DB 63498 | BR 16909

1. Ashes to Ashes (1999) - Available Formats: DB 47826
2. Dust to Dust (2000) - Available Formats: DB 50847
3. Prior Bad Acts (2006) - Available Formats: DB 61320
4. The 9th Girl (2013) - Available Formats: DB 76887

1. Deeper Than the Dead (2008) - Available Formats: DB 70524
2. Secrets to the Grave (2010) - Available Formats: DB 73369
3. Down the Darkest Road (2011) - Available Formats: DB 74164

Essayist/Poet/Memoirist - Born August 25, 1943 in Minneota, Minnesota; Died February 25, 2009 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Holm_%28poet%29

• The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth: Minneota, Minnesota (1996) - Available Formats: BR 12563

Nature Writer - Born 1910 in Greenfield, Ohio; Died 1984 in Fort Collins, Colorado

• A Place in the Woods (1968) - Available Formats: DB 58601 | BR 01157

Professor/Novelist - Born 1970 in Kingston, Jamaica (Literature Professor at Macalester College in St. Paul)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/j/marlon-james/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_James_%28novelist%29

• A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014) - Available Formats: DB 79940

Novelist/Humorist - Born (Gary Edward Keillor) August 7, 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/garrison-keillor/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Keillor

• Love Me (2003) - Available Formats: DB 57363
• The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (1996) - Available Formats: BR 11490
• WLT, a Radio Romance (1991) - Available Formats: DB 33947 | BR 08714

1. Lake Wobegon Days (1985) - Available Formats: DB 22969 | BR 07581
2. Wobegon Boy (1985) - Available Formats: DB 45161
3. Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 (2001) - Available Formats: DB 53040
4. Liberty (2008) - Available Formats: DB 67907

• Pontoon (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65397 | BR 17350
• Pilgrims (2009) - Available Formats: DB 71111 | BR 18927

• The Best American Short Stories [An anthology of stories edited by Garrison Keillor and Katrina Kenison] (1998) - Available Formats: RC 48210
• The Book of Guys (1993) - Available Formats: DB 39190
• Good Poems for Hard Times [Selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor] (2005) - Available Formats: DB 62393 INPROCESS
• Good Poems [Selected and introduced by Garrison Keillor] (2002) - Available Formats: DB 57059
• Leaving Home (1987) - Available Formats: DB 26033 | BR 07079
• We Are Still Married: Stories & Letters (1989) - Available Formats: DB 29020

• Happy to Be Here (1982) - Available Formats: RC 17770

• Cat, You Better Come Home (1995) - Available Formats: RC 42067
• The Old Man Who Loved Cheese (1996) - Available Formats: RC 44083

Novelist - author of inspirational Regency romance novels (lives near St. Paul, Minnesota)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/julie-klassen/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Klassen
http://www.julieklassen.com/AboutJulie.html

• Lady of Milkweed Manor (2008) DB 75572
• The apothecary's daughter (2009) DB 75986
• The silent governess (2009) DB 71888
• The girl in the gatehouse (2011) DB 76651
• The maid of Fairbourne Hall (2011) DB 76582
• The tutor's daughter (2013) DB 76584
• The dancing master (2014) DB 78112
• The secret of Pembrooke Park (2014) DB 80431 - IN PROCESS
• Lady Maybe (2015) - NOT AVAILABLE IN PRINT UNTIL: July 7, 2015
• The painter's daughter (2015) - NOT AVAILABLE IN PRINT UNTIL: December 1, 2015

Novelist/Humorist - (grew up in Osseo, Minnesota)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/kevin-kling/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kling

• The Dog Says How (2007) DB 71552 | BR 19072

• Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn (2009) DB 71847 | BR 19085

Novelist/Journalist - Born (grew up along the Minnesota-Iowa state line; lives in White Bear Lake)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/julie-kramer/
http://www.juliekramerbooks.com/julie.php

1. Stalking Susan (2008) - Available Formats: DB 67775
2. Missing Mark (2009) - Available Formats: DB 71601
3. Silencing Sam (2010) - Available Formats: DB 74453
4. Killing Kate (2011) - Available Formats: DB 74471
5. Shunning Sarah (2012) - Available Formats: DB 75627
6. Delivering Death (2014) - Available Formats: DB 78025

Novelist - Born November 16, 1950 in Torrington, Wyoming
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/william-kent-krueger/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kent_Krueger

• The Devil's Bed (2003) - Available Formats: MN000166 (Non-NLS; Minnesota cassette recording)
• Ordinary Grace (2013) - Available Formats: DB 78187

1. Iron Lake (1998) - Available Formats: DB 78912
2. Boundary Waters (1999) - Available Formats: DB 78912
3. Purgatory Ridge (2001) - Available Formats: DB 78912
4. Blood Hollow (2004) - Available Formats: DB 78937
5. Mercy Falls (2005) - Available Formats: DB 78937
6. Copper River (2006) - Available Formats: DB 78937
7. Thunder Bay (2007) - Available Formats: DB 78953
8. Red Knife (2008) - Available Formats: DB 78953
9. Heaven's Keep (2009) - Available Formats: DB 78953
10. Vermilion Drift (2010) - Available Formats: DB 79021
11. Northwest Angle (2011) - Available Formats: DB 79021
12. Trickster's Point (2012) - Available Formats: DB 79021
13. Tamarack County (2013) - Available Formats: DB 79056
14. Windigo Island (2014) - Available Formats: DB 79584

Novelist - Born 1954 (raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/lorna-landvik/
http://www.lornalandvik.com/BIO/

• Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons (2003) - Available Formats: DB 58768
• Oh My Stars (2005) - Available Formats: DB 60757
• Patty Jane's House of Curl (1995) - Available Formats: DB 46229
• The Tall Pine Polka (1998) - Available Formats: DB 51693
• The View from Mount Joy (2007) - Available Formats: DB 64974
• Welcome to the Great Mysterious (2000) - Available Formats: DB 58660
• Your Oasis on Flame Lake (1997) - Available Formats: DB 45908

Novelist - Born February 7, 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota; Died January 10, 1951 in Rome, Italy
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/sinclair-lewis/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Lewis

• Ann Vickers (1933) - Available Formats: DB 40317
• Arrowsmith (1925) - Available Formats: DB 12622
• Babbitt (1922) - Available Formats: DB 27929
• Dodsworth (1929) - Available Formats: DB 25832
• Elmer Gantry (1927) - Available Formats: DB 22114
• It Can't Happen Here (1935) - Available Formats: BR 10789
• The Job (1917) - Available Formats: BR 11513
• Main Street (1920) - Available Formats: DB 42189 | BR 18625

• Arrowsmith (1925) – Elmer Gantry (1927) – Dodsworth (1929) - Available Formats: DB 56668 | BR 15684
• If I Were Boss: The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis (1997) - Available Formats: BR 12463

Children's Novelist - Born April 25, 1892 in Mankato, Minnesota; Died March 11, 1980 in Claremont, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Hart_Lovelace

1. Betsy-Tacy (1940) - Available Formats: RC 27073
2. Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941) - Available Formats: RC 27074
3. Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942) - Available Formats: DB 27075
4. Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943) - Available Formats: DB 27076
5. Heaven to Betsy (1945) - Available Formats: DB 27077
6. Betsy in Spite of Herself (1946) - Available Formats: RC 27078
7. Betsy Was a Junior (1947) - Available Formats: RC 27079
8. Betsy and Joe (1948) - Available Formats: RC 27080
9. Betsy and the Great World (1952) - Available Formats: RC 27081
10. Betsy's Wedding (1955) - Available Formats: RC 27082

Novelist - Born January 6, 1912 in Doon, Iowa; Died September 7, 1994 in Luverne, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/frederick-manfred/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Feikema_Manfred

• Conquering Horse (1959) - Available Formats: DB 11401
• King of Spades (1965) - Available Formats: DB 42855
• Lord Grizzly (1954) - Available Formats: RC 42917
• The Manly-Hearted Woman (1972) - Available Formats: BR 03118
• Riders of Judgment (1957) - Available Formats: RC 53594
• Scarlet Plume (1964) - Available Formats: DB 43595

Politician/Poet/Memoirist - Born March 29, 1916 in Watkins, Minnesota; Died December 10, 2005 in Washington D.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_J._McCarthy

• Up 'Til Now: A Memoir (1987) - Available Formats: DB 26505

Novelist - Born in Austin, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/o/tim-obrien/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_%28author%29

• Going After Cacciato (1978) - Available Formats: RC 14424 | BR 12371
• In the Lake of the Woods (1995) - Available Formats: RC 39569
• July, July (2002) - Available Formats: DB 55350
• Northern Lights (1975) - Available Formats: RC 09250
• The Nuclear Age (1985) - Available Formats: BR 06540
• Tomcat in Love (1998) - Available Formats: RC 47387

• If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (1973) - Available Formats: RC 08684

• The Things They Carried (1990) - Available Formats: DB 34768
• The Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories: 2009 (2009) [contributed essays on the stories he admires] - Available Formats:DB 69081

Nature Writer - Born April 4, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois; Died January 13, 1982 in Ely, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_F._Olson

• Of Time and Place (1982) - Available Formats: DB 58591
• Reflections from the North Country (1976) - Available Formats: DB 58735

Novelist - Born February 25, 1916 in Duluth, MN
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/lauran-paine/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauran_Paine

• Cache Cañon: A Western Story (1998) - Available Formats: RC 49349
• Custer Meadow (1988) - Available Formats: DB 28199
• Gunman (2006) - Available Formats: DB 70014
• The Homesteaders (1986) - Available Formats: DB 27377
• The Horseman (1986) - Available Formats: DB 31533
• Man from Butte City (2000) - Available Formats: BRC00511
• The Mustangers: A Western Story (1999) - Available Formats: DB 55255
• The New Mexico Heritage (1987) - Available Formats: DB 26780
• The Open Range Men (1990) - Available Formats: DB 32457
• The Prairieton Raid (1994) - Available Formats: RC 40915
• Rain Valley (2004) - Available Formats: DB 75019
• Skye (1984) - Available Formats: RC 26687
• Spirit Meadow (1987) - Available Formats: DB 27902
• Tears of the Heart (1995) - Available Formats: DB 70446
• Thunder Valley (1982) - Available Formats: DB 36456

• Guns of Thunder: A Western Duo (//Phantom Trail// | //Guns of Thunder//) (2010) - Available Formats: DB 73383
• Iron Marshal: A Western Duo (//Lost Valley// | //Iron Marshal//) (2011) - Available Formats: DB 75025
• Kansas Kid: A Western Duo (//Border Dawn// | //Kansas Kid//) (2010) - Available Formats: DB 73512
• Rangers of El Paso: A Western Duo (//Rangers of El Paso// | //Fighting Marshal//) (2009) - Available Formats: DB 70037
• Sheriff of Hangtown: A Western Duo (//Outlaw's Hide-out// | //Sheriff of Hangtown//) (2009) - Available Formats: DB 70112

Photographer/Novelist/Memoirist - Born November 30, 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas; Died March 7, 2006 in New York City, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks
http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/biography/

• The Learning Tree (1963) - Available Formats: DB 33832 | BR 11994

• Born Black [Essays] (1971) - Available Formats: BR 01654
• A Hungry Heart (2005) - Available Formats: DB 62034
• Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography (1990) - Available Formats: DB 33413

Novelist - Born 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/alexs-d-pate/

• Amistad (1997) - Available Formats: RC 45847

Young Adult Novelist - Born May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/gary-paulsen/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen

• Canyons (1990) - Available Formats: RC 36800
• The Car (1994) - Available Formats: RC 44997
• A Christmas Sonata (1992) - Available Formats: DB 36494
• Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass (1992) - Available Formats: DB 37339
• The Crossing (1987) - Available Formats: DB 31818 | BR 07701
• Dancing Carl (1983) - Available Formats: RC 22628
• Dogsong (1985) - Available Formats: DB 24450 | BR 19522
• The Foxman (1977) - Available Formats: RC 38442 | BR 09530
• The Haymeadow (1992) - Available Formats: RC 36646
• The Legend of Bass Reeves (2006) - Available Formats: DB 63851
• Masters of Disaster (2010) - Available Formats: BR 19296
• The Monument (1991) - Available Formats: RC 37068
• Mudshark (2009) - Available Formats: DB 69459 | BR 18361
• Notes from the Dog (2009) - Available Formats: BR 18596
• The Rifle (1995) - Available Formats: DB 42723
• Sentries (1986) - Available Formats: DB 34573 | BR 08842
• Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War (1998) - Available Formats: DB 48672 | BR 12076
• The Tent: A Parable in One Sitting (1995) - Available Formats: RC 42729
• Tracker (1984) - Available Formats: DB 61479 | BR 16563
• The Transall Saga (1998) - Available Formats: DB 47218
• The Voyage of the Frog (1989) - Available Formats: RC 31486 | BR 08594
• The Winter Room (1989) - Available Formats: RC 31556 | BR 08380
• Woods Runner (2009) - Available Formats: DB 71183 | BR 18934
• Woodsong (1990) - Available Formats: DB 34757 | BR 08849

1. The Cookcamp (1991) - Available Formats: RC 37370
2. Alida's Song (1999) - Available Formats: DB 49237
3. The Quilt (2004) - Available Formats: DB 59227

1. Hatchet (1986) - Available Formats: DB 30535 | BR 11525
2. The River (1991) - Available Formats: DB 34751 | BR 15353
3. Brian's Winter (1996) - Available Formats: DB 42558 | BR 12117
4. Brian's Return (1999) - Available Formats: DB 48214 | BR 12210
5. Brian's Hunt (2003) - Available Formats: DB 57823 | BR 15296

1. Mr. Tucket (1968) - Available Formats: DB 43949 | BR 10438
2. Call Me Francis Tucket (1995) - Available Formats: DB 43950 | BR 10437
3. Tucket's Ride (1997) - Available Formats: DB 46884 | BR 11810
4. Tucket's Gold (1999) - Available Formats: DB 49864 | BR 13123
5. Tucket's Home (2000) - Available Formats: DB 51419 | BR 13403

1. Lawn Boy (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65342 | BR 17582
2. Lawn Boy Returns (2010) - Available Formats: DB 72500 | BR 19259

1. Murphy (1987) - Available Formats: DB 51376
2. Murphy's Gold (1988) - Available Formats: DB 28863
3. Murphy's Herd (1989) - Available Formats: DB 51494
4. Murphy's War (1990) - Available Formats: DB 73127
5. Murphy's Stand (co-authored with Brian Burks) (1993) - Available Formats: DB 42350
6. Murphy's Ambush (co-authored with Brian Burks) (1995) - Available Formats: DB 43237
7. Murphy's Trail (co-authored with Brian Burks) (1996) - Available Formats: DB 72550

1. Nightjohn (1993) - Available Formats: DB 38431
2. Sarny, a Life Remembered (1997) - Available Formats: RC 45906

• The Boy Who Owned the School (1990) - Available Formats: RC 38433
• Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered (1993) - Available Formats: DB 45249 | BR 10574
• The Schernoff Discoveries (1997) - Available Formats: BR 11442
• The Glass Cafe, or, The Stripper and the State: How My Mother Started a War With the System That Made Us Kind of Rich and a Little Bit Famous (2003) - Available Formats: BR 15303
• Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day (2004) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
• The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech (2006) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

1. Liar, Liar: The Theory, Practice, and Destructive Properties of Deception (2011) - Available Formats: BR 19402
2. Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed (2011) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
3. Crush: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Love (2012) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. Vote (2013) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

• Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats (2001) - Available Formats: BR 16194
• Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey (1996) - Available Formats: RC 42706
• Father Water, Mother Woods: Essays on Fishing and Hunting in the North Woods (1994) - Available Formats: DB 40683
• Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books (2001) - Available Formats: DB 54072
• How Angel Peterson Got His Name: And Other Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports (2003) - Available Formats: DB 56528
• My Life in Dog Years (1998) - Available Formats: DB 48269
• Pilgrimage on a Steelride: A Memoir About Men and Motorcycles (1997) - Available Formats: DB 47870
• Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised By a Pack of Sled Dogs (1996) - Available Formats: DB 47869 | BR 11420
• Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod (1994) - Available Formats: DB 43280

Politician/Author - Born November 27, 1960 in St. Paul, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pawlenty

• Courage to Stand: An American Story (2011) - Available Formats: DB 73202

Novelist - Born September 6, 1928 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pirsig

• Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991) - Available Formats: RC 34335

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) - Available Formats: RC 08036
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974/1999) - Available Formats: RC 49089

Novelist - Born July 8, 1917 in Jacksonville, Illinois; Died June 12, 1999 in Collegeville, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/j-f-powers/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.F._Powers

• Morte d'Urban (1962) - Available Formats: RC 33654
• Wheat That Springeth Green (1988) - Available Formats: BR 07606

• The Presence of Grace (1956) - Available Formats: BR 07715
• The Stories of J.F. Powers (2000) - Available Formats: RC 52855

Memoirist - Born 1945 in Albert Lea, Minnesota
www.cheriregister.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheri_Register

• Living with Chronic Illness: Days of Patience and Passion (1987) - Available Formats: RC 27433

Novelist - Born (Ole Edvart Rølvåg) April 22, 1876 in Donna, Norway; Died November 5, 1931 in Northfield, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.E._Rolvaag

• Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie (1927) - Available Formats: DB 22285 | BR 06205
• The Third Life of Per Smevik (1971) - Available Formats: RC 15237

Historian/Journalist - Born November 14, 1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Died July 5, 1993 in Providence, Rhode Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_E._Salisbury

• Black Night, White Snow (1977) - Available Formats: RC 14994
• The Gates of Hell (1975) - Available Formats: RC 08791
• A Journey for Our Times (1983) - Available Formats: RC 20029
• The New Emperors: China in the Era of Mao and Deng (1992) - Available Formats: DB 35170
• A Time of Change: A Reporter's Tale of Our Time (1988) - Available Formats: RC 28427

• Vietnam Reconsidered: Lessons From a War [Edited Harrison E. Salisbury] (1984) - Available Formats: BR 05888

Novelist - Born (John Roswell Camp) February 23, 1944 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/john-sandford/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sandford_%28novelist%29

• Dead Watch (2006) - Available Formats: DB 62600
• The Night Crew (1997) - Available Formats: RC 44311

1. The Fool's Run [as John Camp] (1989) - Available Formats: DB 30857
2. The Empress File [as John Camp] (1992) - Available Formats: DB 36590
3. The Devil's Code (2000) - Available Formats: DB 51046
4. The Hanged Man's Song (2003) - Available Formats: DB 59283

1. Rules of Prey (1989) - Available Formats: DB 30182 | BR 16800
2. Shadow Prey (1990) - Available Formats: DB 31432 | BR 17075
3. Eyes of Prey (1991) - Available Formats: DB 33069 | BR 08532
4. Silent Prey (1992) - Available Formats: DB 35298 | BR 09111
5. Winter Prey (1993) - Available Formats: DB 36385 | BR 09198
6. Night Prey (1994) - Available Formats: DB 38595 | BR 09692
7. Mind Prey (1995) - Available Formats: DB 40201 | BR 10052
8. Sudden Prey (1996) - Available Formats: DB 42043 | BR 17705
9. Secret Prey (1998) - Available Formats: DB 46129 | BR 17835
10. Certain Prey (1999) - Available Formats: DB 48436 | BR 14728
11. Easy Prey (2000) - Available Formats: DB 49948 | BR 17834
12. Chosen Prey (2001) - Available Formats: DB 51896 | BR 13362
13. Mortal Prey (2002) - Available Formats: DB 54049 | BR 14064
14. Naked Prey (2003) - Available Formats: DB 56232 | BR 14804
15. Hidden Prey (2004) - Available Formats: DB 58107 | BR 15419
16. Broken Prey (2005) - Available Formats: DB 60410 | BR 16128
17. Invisible Prey (2007) - Available Formats: DB 64997 | BR 17271
18. Phantom Prey (2008) - Available Formats: DB 66825 | BR 17791
19. Wicked Prey (2009) - Available Formats: DB 69212 | BR 18390
20. Storm Prey (2010) - Available Formats: DB 71115 | BR 18935
21. Buried Prey (2011) - Available Formats: DB 73199 | BR 19398
22. Stolen Prey (2012) - Available Formats: DB 74678 | BR 19871
23. Silken Prey (2013) - Available Formats: DB 76598 | BR 20000
24. Field of Prey (2014) - Available Formats: DB 78933 | BR 20468
25. Gathering Prey (2015) - NOT YET AVAILABLE

1. Dark of the Moon (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65421 | BR 17391
2. Heat Lightning (2008) - Available Formats: DB 67560 | BR 18165
3. Rough Country (2009) - Available Formats: DB 69802 | BR 18526
4. Bad Blood (2010) - Available Formats: DB 71980 | BR 19139
5. Shock Wave (2011) - Available Formats: DB 74095 | BR 19634
6. Mad River (2012) - Available Formats: DB 75441 | BR 19631
7. Storm Front (2013) - Available Formats: DB 77558 | BR 20306
8. Deadline (2014) - IN PROCESS: DB 79802 | BR 20508

Cartoonist - Born November 26, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Died February 12, 2000 in Santa Rosa, California
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/charles-schulz/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz

• Charlie Brown's Second Super Book of Questions and Answers: About the Earth and Space … From Plants to Planets! (1977) - Available Formats: DB 14414 | BR 04183
• The Charlie Brown Dictionary (1975) - Available Formats: BR 03930
• Peanuts: A Golden Celebration: The Art and the Story of the World's Best-Loved Comic Strip (1999) - Available Formats: DB 49946

Humor Novelist/Educator - December 2, 1958, in Wilmington, DE; lives in St. Paul, MN
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/julie-schumacher/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurber_Prize_for_American_Humor

• The Body Is Water (1995) - Available Formats: BR 10607
• The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls (2012) - Available Formats: DB 75766
• Dear Committee Members (2014) - Available Formats: DB 79709

Novelist - Born March 25, 1903 in Herman, Minnesota; Died in 1991 in Medford Township, New Jersey
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/mabel-seeley/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Seeley

• The Chuckling Fingers (1941) - Available Formats: RC 54542
• The Crying Sisters (1939) - Available Formats: RC 54274

Essayist/Journalist - Born November 26, 1912 in Velva, North Dakota; Died July 9, 1992 in Washington, D.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sevareid

• Enterprise: The Making of Business in America (1983) - Available Formats: RC 19379

Novelist/Humorist - Born March 14, 1919 in St. Paul, Minnesota; Died August 28, 1988 in Los Angeles, California

• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Eleven Campus Stories (1951) - Available Formats: RC 14567
• Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1957) - Available Formats: RC 14201

Novelist - Born August 3, 1904 in Millville, Wisconsin; Died April 25, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/clifford-d-simak/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak

• Cemetery World (1973) - Available Formats: BR 02425
• A Choice of Gods (1972) - Available Formats: RC 26313
• Highway of Eternity (1986) - Available Formats: BR 06729
• Mastodonia (1978) - Available Formats: RC 13439
• Special Deliverance (1982) - Available Formats: BR 06364
• Way Station (1963) - Available Formats: DB 58565 | BR 15514
• Why Call Them Back from Heaven? (1967) - Available Formats: RC 19786

• Aliens: 3 Novellas [First Contact | The Big Front Yard | A Meeting with Medusa] (1978) - Available Formats: DB 12663
• City (1952) - Available Formats: DB 62614
• The Civilisation Game: And Other Stories (1997) - Available Formats: RC 49651
• Over the River and Through the Woods (1996) - Available Formats: DB 62534

Novelist - Born July 17, 1943 in Browerville, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/lavyrle-spencer/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavyrle_Spencer

• Bitter Sweet (1990) - Available Formats: DB 31028
• Bygones (1992) - Available Formats: DB 34014
• The Endearment (1982) - Available Formats: DB 32021 | BR 08464
• Family Blessings (1994) - Available Formats: DB 37816
• Forgiving (1991) - Available Formats: DB 32030 | BR 08520
• The Gamble (1984) - Available Formats: DB 26153
• A Heart Speaks (1986) - Available Formats: DB 58615 | BR 10977
• The Hellion (1984) - Available Formats: DB 41850 | BR 09807
• Home Song (1995) - Available Formats: DB 39491
• Hummingbird (1983) - Available Formats: DB 37522
• Morning Glory (1989) - Available Formats: DB 29013
• November of the Heart (1993) - Available Formats: DB 35898 | BR 09211
• Separate Beds (1985) - Available Formats: DB 36580
• Small Town Girl (1997) - Available Formats: DB 43784
• Spring Fancy (1984) - Available Formats: DB 30749 | BR 08174
• Sweet Memories (1984) - Available Formats: DB 58065
• That Camden Summer (1996) - Available Formats: DB 42049
• Then Came Heaven (1997) - Available Formats: DB 45146
• Twice Loved (1984) - Available Formats: DB 32370 | BR 08455
• Vows (1988) - Available Formats: DB 27009
• Years (1986) - Available Formats: DB 37743

Poet/Children's Novelist - Born December 1, 1916 in Darfur, Minnesota; Died April 14, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Stoutenburg

• American Tall Tales (1966) - Available Formats: BR 02420
• Where to Now, Blue? (1978) - Available Formats: RC 15301

Novelist - Born 1933 in Pipestone, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/faith-sullivan/

• The Cape Ann (1988) - Available Formats: RC 28101
• The Empress of One (1996) - Available Formats: RC 43889
• Mrs. Demming and the Mythical Beast (1988) - Available Formats: RC 23809
• What a Woman Must Do (2000) - Available Formats: BR 13383

Poet/Novelist - Born 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Sutter

• My Father's War and Other Stories (1991) - Available Formats: RC 37763

Memoirist - Born 1940 in Ames, Iowa

• Blooming: A Small-town Girlhood (1981) - Available Formats: RC 18946
• Ivy Days: Making My Way Out East (1984) - Available Formats: RC 21376
• My Love Affair with England (1992) - Available Formats: RC 36297

Novelist/Essayist - Born 1970 in Washington D.C.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/david-treuer/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Treuer

• Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life (2012) - Available Formats: DB 74432

Economist - Born July 30, 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin; Died August 3, 1929 in Menlo Park, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen

• The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899) DB 33666 | BR 08790

Politician/Author - Born July 15, 1951 in Minneapolis, MN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura

• American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us (with Dick Russell) (2010) - Available Formats: DB 70846
• Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals (with Julie Mooney) (2000) - Available Formats: DB 52597
• I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up (1999) - Available Formats: DB 48828

Novelist/Essayist/Poet - Born in 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/v/gerald-vizenor/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Vizenor

• Dead Voices: Natural Agonies in the New World (1992) - Available Formats: RC 38648
• Earthdivers: Tribal Narratives on Mixed Descent (1981) - Available Formats: RC 35316
• Wordarrows: Indians and Whites in the New Fur Trade (1978) - Available Formats: RC 35023

• Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors (1990) - Available Formats: RC 33818
• The People Named the Chippewa: Narrative Histories (1984) - Available Formats: DB 35286

Novelist/Young Adult Novelist - Born (William Weller) in 1950 in Park Rapids, Minnesota.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/will-weaver/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_weaver

• Checkered Flag Cheater (2010) - Available Formats: DB 73349 | BR 19374
• Claws (2003) - Available Formats: DB 57276
• Full Service (2005) - Available Formats: DB 61927 | BR 16477
• Red Earth, White Earth (1986) - Available Formats: RC 25264

• A Gravestone Made of Wheat: Stories (1989) - Available Formats: RC 32095
• Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories (2006) - Available Formats: DB 64732

1. Striking Out (1993) - Available Formats: BR 11696
2. Farm Team (1995) - Available Formats: DB 64497 | BR 10506
3. Hard Ball (1998) - Available Formats: BR 11697

1. Memory Boy (2001) - Available Formats: RC 53191 | BR 13868
2. The Survivors (2012) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

1. Saturday Night Dirt (2008) - Available Formats: DB 67940 | BR 18211
2. Super Stock Rookie (2009) - Available Formats: DB 73348 | BR 19373

Politician/Author - Born July 21, 1944 in Washington, D.C.; Died October 25, 2002 in Eveleth, Minnesota
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellstone

• The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda (2001) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
• How the Rural Poor Got Power: Narrative of a Grass-Roots Organizer (2003) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
• The First Battle of America’s Energy War (2003) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

Children's Novelist - Born December 29, 1979 in Red Wing, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/jacqueline-west/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_West_%28author%29

1. The Shadows (2010) - Available Format: DB 82039
2. Spellbound (2011) - Available Format: DB 82040
3. The Second Spy (2012) - Available Format: DB 82041
4. The Strangers (2013) - Available Format: DB 82042
5. Still Life (2014) - Available Format: DB 82104

Children's Novelist - Born February 7, 1867 near Pepin, Wisconsin; Died February 10, 1957 in Mansfield, Missouri
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/laura-ingalls-wilder/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder

1. Little House in the Big Woods (1932) - Available Formats: DB 50921 | BR 11322
2. Little House on the Prairie (1935) - Available Formats: DB 10929 | BR 10510
3. Farmer Boy (1933) - Available Formats: DB 21019 | BR 09408
4. On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) - Available Formats: DB 21196 | BR 11323
5. By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939) - Available Formats: DB 21197 | BR 11324
6. The Long Winter (1940) - Available Formats: DB 21198 | BR 11325
7. Little Town on the Prairie (1941) - Available Formats: DB 21199 | BR 11326
8. These Happy Golden Years (1943) - Available Formats: DB 21200 | BR 11327
9. The First Four Years (1971) - Available Formats: DB 21351 | BR 10462

• A Little House Sampler (1988) - Available Formats: DB 31817

• On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri (1962) - Available Formats: DB 08811
• West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder to Almanzo Wilder: San Francisco 1915 (1974) - Available Formats: DB 57993
• Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (1930/2014) - Available Formats: DB 80323

Playwright - Born (Frederick August Kittel) April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Died October 2, 2005 in Seattle, Washington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson

• Fences: A Play (1986) - Available Formats: RC 33614
• The Piano Lesson (1990) - Available Formats: RC 34104 | BR 08832

Historical Novelist - Born June 3, 1939 in Alexandria, Louisiana; Died July 6, 2007 in Princeton, Minnesota
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/kathleen-woodiwiss/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Woodiwiss

• Ashes in the Wind (1980) - Available Formats: DB 15764
• Come Love a Stranger (1984) - Available Formats: DB 21244 | BR 06081
• Everlasting (2007) - Available Formats: DB 65834 | BR 17562
• Forever in Your Embrace (1992) - Available Formats: DB 35800 | BR 09202
• Petals on the River (1997) - Available Formats: DB 45287
• The Reluctant Suitor (2003) - Available Formats: DB 55753 | BR 14639
• A Rose in Winter (1982) - Available Formats: RC 18688
• Shanna (1977) - Available Formats: 39890
• So Worthy My Love (1989) - Available Formats: DB 31004 | BR 08081
• The Wolf and the Dove (1974) - Available Formats: RC 16595

1. The Flame and the Flower (1972) - Available Formats: DB 53906
2. Three Weddings and a Kiss (1995) - Available Formats: DB 41314
3. Married at Midnight (1996) - Available Formats: DB 43232
4. A Season Beyond a Kiss (2000) - Available Formats: DB 50034
5. The Elusive Flame (1998) - Available Formats: DB 47316

Fantasy Writer - Born March 27, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/patricia-c-wrede/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wrede

1. Sorcery and Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (1988) - Available Formats: DB 57183
2. The Grand Tour: or the Purloined Coronation Regalia (2004) - Available Formats: DB 59247
3. The Mislaid Magician: or Ten Years After (2006) - Available Formats: DB 66316

1. Dealing with Dragons / Dragonsbane (1990) - Available Formats: DB 33457 | BRC01171
2. Searching for Dragons (1991) - Available Formats: DB 38345
3. Calling on Dragons (1993) - Available Formats: DB 38356
4. Talking to Dragons (1985) - Available Formats: DB 42323

1. Shadow Magic (1982) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
2. Daughter of Witches (1983) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
3. The Harp of Imach Thyssel (1985) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. Caught in Crystal (1987) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
5. The Raven Ring (1994) - Available Formats: DB 42054

1. Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) - Available Formats: DB 54479
2. Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) - Available Formats: DB 54480
3. Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005) - Available Formats: DB 61807

• Book of Enchantments (1996) - Available Formats: RC 46004

Novelist - Born August 8, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/z/r-d-zimmerman/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.D._Zimmerman

1. Closet (1995) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
2. Tribe (1996) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
3. Hostage (1997) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT
4. Outburst (1998) - Available Formats: RC 49888
5. Innuendo (1999) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT