Meet some of our favorite Minnesota children’s book authors in our BookHounds Author directory:
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John Coy – Children’s Book Author
February 16, 2020 1:37 pmAimée Bissonette
May 3, 2023 12:31 amErin Soderberg Downing
April 16, 2024 12:39 amMegan Maynor, Minnesota Children’s Book Author
March 26, 2023 12:12 amStephen Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
January 25, 2024 12:29 amCheryl Blackford, Local Children’s Book Author
December 1, 2020 5:56 pmTrisha Speed Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
December 2, 2020 1:01 pmDavid LaRochelle – Local Children’s Book Author
September 1, 2020 6:59 pmPeter Pearson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 3, 2015 7:42 pmJ.J. Austrian, Local Children’s Author
December 3, 2015 8:26 pmMichael Hall
April 3, 2023 12:39 amMaryann Weidt, Local Children’s Book Author
December 13, 2015 3:57 pmStephanie Watson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 16, 2015 8:06 pmDeborah Jo Larson
December 20, 2022 12:00 amMolly Beth Griffin – Children’s Book Author
November 16, 2020 9:34 pmKurtis Scaletta, Children’s Book Author
December 21, 2015 10:40 pmLauren Stringer, Local Children’s Book Author
February 7, 2016 3:44 pmMary Casanova, Local Children’s Book Author
April 8, 2016 1:41 pmKate DiCamillo, Local Childrens Book Author
January 21, 2022 1:57 pmMike Wohnoutka – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
September 1, 2020 6:44 pmChris Monroe – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
February 10, 2023 12:13 amMary Losure – Local Children’s Book Author
February 10, 2023 12:37 amLaura Purdie Salas – Children’s Book Author
February 2, 2022 12:19 amCori Doerrfeld, Local Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
March 27, 2018 3:26 pmSarah Warren, Local Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2022 12:52 amKitchen Pantry Scientist, Liz Heinecke
January 20, 2020 10:44 amPhyllis Root, Local Children’s Book Author
May 1, 2018 7:47 pmMaud Hart Lovelace, Local Children’s Book Author
March 5, 2019 8:18 pmPatricia Bauer, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 2:05 pmBao Phi
August 4, 2021 5:19 pmMelanie Heuiser Hill, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 11:02 pmHeidi Ferris, Local Author
July 19, 2019 10:50 amKao Kalia Yang, Local Children’s Book Author
October 5, 2021 11:54 amLise Lunge-Larsen, Local Children’s Book Author
November 7, 2020 1:42 pmCheryl Minnema, Local Children’s Book Author
October 22, 2019 3:06 pmDebra Frasier, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
April 28, 2020 1:44 pmMiranda Paul, Children’s Book Author
October 18, 2021 4:44 pmWanda Gág
November 9, 2022 12:23 amLaura Ingalls Wilder, Children’s Book Author
November 10, 2019 6:52 pmNate Christopherson, Children’s Book Illustrator
November 20, 2019 12:57 pmTara Sweeney, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
November 20, 2019 1:16 pmCatherine Thimmesh, Children’s Book Author
November 17, 2020 1:07 pmJonah Larson, Author & Crochet Prodigy
November 27, 2019 12:31 pmMarion Dane Bauer, Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2020 10:13 amDerek Anderson, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
January 3, 2020 9:20 pmBelinda Jensen
August 5, 2021 4:00 pmNina Crittenden, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
January 10, 2020 10:37 amKT Johnston, Local Children’s Book Author
February 17, 2020 9:43 amIoana Stoian, Children’s Book Author and Paper Artist
February 17, 2020 10:21 amAngela and Rick Blesi
January 4, 2022 8:34 pmCaren Stelson – Children’s Book Author
October 13, 2020 10:59 amNancy Carlson, Children’s Book Author
February 11, 2022 12:24 amDrew Brockington
November 9, 2022 4:54 amStefania Luca, Artist & Author of Kids Books
February 11, 2022 9:11 amKirsten B. King, Local Podcaster | Speaker | Children’s Book Author
March 10, 2022 3:49 pmWe love our wonderful community of local children’s book authors in Minnesota. Minnesota kids books cover all types of books from fiction to nonfiction. There are books about penguins, books about the ocean and, of course, books about Minnesota. Whatever you are looking for, chances are we have something great coming out of our great state.
Historically, While we Minnesotan’s have to share Laura Ingalls Wilder with several other states, we do get to claim Wanda Gag, author of Millions of Cats, and Maud Hart Lovelace, author of the Betsy-Tacy books and the inspiration for the Maud Hart Lovelace Awards.
Three Reasons to Add Books by Minnesota Children’s Book Authors to Your Own Bookshelves:
Besides the fact that they are producing some very high quality books for kids, there are some great reasons to add these books to your own bookshelf:
- You can often get your books autographed at book releases and other author events.
- Sometimes these local book authors do school visits.
- If you like the hunt of collecting used books, I’ve had really good luck finding autographed copies of these books when hitting the thrift stores. It’s always exciting to find a book by someone local, but even more so, when I open the cover and find an autograph.
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