Libraries for the Blind and Print Disabled

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, NE
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, MI
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, PA; Died July 31, 2001 in Orinda, CA
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
• Conan the Rebel (1980) - Available Formats: DB 61193
• The Dancer from Atlantis (1972) - Available Formats: BR 02895 | RC 16554
• 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

• 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, MN
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/charles-baxter/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baxter_%28author%29#Biography

• Believers: A Novella and Stories (1997) - Available Formats: RC 47019
• The Feast of Love (2000) - Available Formats: DB 51804
• First Light (1987) - Available Formats: DB 27147
• A Relative Stranger: Stories (1990) - Available Formats: RC 33571
• Saul and Patsy (2003) - Available Formats: BR 15275
• Shadow Play: A Novel (1993) - Available Formats: DB 38535 | BR 09711

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, OK; Died January 7, 1972 in Minneapolis, MN
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, MN; Died December 21, 2007 in Oakdale, MN
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/carol-bly/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Bly

• Letters from the Country (1981) - Available Formats: RC 18644
• The Tomcat's Wife, and Other Stories (1991) - Available Formats: RC 36947

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

• Iron John: A Book About Men (1990) - Available Formats: DB 31997
• Loving a Woman in Two Worlds (1985) - Available Formats: RC 33628
• The Sibling Society (1997) - Available Formats: RC 44095

Novelist - Born November 23, 1955 in St. Paul, MN
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, OH
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 IN PROCESS
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

Musician/Poet - Born (Robert Zimmerman) May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MN
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

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: RC 47913

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

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: RC 40317
• Arrowsmith (1925) - Available Formats: DB 12622
• Arrowsmith (1925) – Elmer Gantry (1927) – Dodsworth (1929) - Available Formats: DB 56668 | BR 15684
• Babbitt (1922) - Available Formats: DB 27929
• Dodsworth (1929) - Available Formats: DB 25832
• Elmer Gantry (1927) - Available Formats: DB 22114
• If I Were Boss: The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis (1997) - Available Formats: BR 12463
• 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 00063 | BR 18625

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: RC 28199
• Gunman (2006) - Available Formats: DB 70014
• Guns of Thunder: A Western Duo (Phantom Trail | Guns of Thunder) (2010) - Available Formats: DB 73383
• The Homesteaders (1986) - Available Formats: RC 27377
• The Horseman (1986) - Available Formats: RC 31533
• 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
• Man from Butte City (2000) - Available Formats: BRC00511
• The Mustangers: A Western Story (1999) - Available Formats: RC 55255
• The New Mexico Heritage (1987) - Available Formats: RC 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
• 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
• Skye (1984) - Available Formats: RC 26687
• Spirit Meadow (1987) - Available Formats: RC 27902
• Tears of the Heart (1995) - Available Formats: DB 70446
• Thunder Valley (1982) - Available Formats: RC 36456

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

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

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: RC 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
• Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors (1990) - Available Formats: RC 33818
• The People Named the Chippewa: Narrative Histories (1984) - Available Formats: RC 35286
• Wordarrows: Indians and Whites in the New Fur Trade (1978) - Available Formats: RC 35023

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
• A Gravestone Made of Wheat: Stories (1989) - Available Formats: RC 32095
• Red Earth, White Earth (1986) - Available Formats: RC 25264
• 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, MN
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