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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 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

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

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

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: RC 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 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: RC 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 INPROCESS
2. The Game of Silence (2005) - Available Formats: DB 61109
3. The Porcupine Year (2008) - Available Formats: DB 68022
4. Chickadee (2012) - NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT

• 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

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

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 INPROCESS | 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 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

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: RC 29470
• Ordinary people (1976) - Available Formats: DB 10149 - Italian: DB 18801
• Second Heaven (1982) - Available Formats: RC 18653
• The Tarnished Eye () - 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/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

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

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: RC 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: RC 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: RC 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 - 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)
• Ordinary Grace (2013)

1. Iron Lake (1998)
2. Boundary Waters (1999)
3. Purgatory Ridge (2001)
4. Blood Hollow (2004)
5. Mercy Falls (2005)
6. Copper River (2006)
7. Thunder Bay (2007)
8. Red Knife (2008)
9. Heaven's Keep (2009)
10. Vermilion Drift (2010)
11. Northwest Angle (2011)
12. Trickster's Point (2012)
13. Tamarack County (2013)
14. Windigo Island (Not published until August 19, 2014)

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
• 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: RC 27075
4. Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943) - Available Formats: RC 27076
5. Heaven to Betsy (1945) - Available Formats: RC 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: RC 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: RC 28199
• Gunman (2006) - Available Formats: DB 70014
• The Homesteaders (1986) - Available Formats: RC 27377
• The Horseman (1986) - Available Formats: RC 31533
• 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
• 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

• 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: RC 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: RC 37339
• The Crossing (1987) - Available Formats: RC 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: RC 34573 | BR 08842
• Soldier's Heart: A Novel of the Civil War (1998) - Available Formats: RC 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: RC 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: RC 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: RC 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: RC 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: RC 40683
• Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books (2001) - Available Formats: RC 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: RC 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: RC 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: RC 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: RC 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 IN PROCESS
23. Silken Prey (2013) - Available Formats: DB 76598 | BR 20000 IN PROCESS
24. Field of Prey (2014) 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 IN PROCESS | BR 20306 IN PROCESS

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: RC 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: RC 49946

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: 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
• 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: RC 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 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

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: RC 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

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

Outburst (1998) - Available Formats: RC 49888