Meet some of our favorite Minnesota children’s book authors in our BookHounds Author directory:
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Aimée Bissonette
May 3, 2023 12:31 amAngela and Rick Blesi
January 4, 2022 8:34 pmBao Phi
August 4, 2021 5:19 pmBelinda Jensen
August 5, 2021 4:00 pmCaren Stelson – Children’s Book Author
October 13, 2020 10:59 amCatherine Thimmesh, Children’s Book Author
November 17, 2020 1:07 pmCheryl Blackford, Local Children’s Book Author
December 1, 2020 5:56 pmCheryl Minnema, Local Children’s Book Author
October 22, 2019 3:06 pmChris Monroe – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
February 10, 2023 12:13 amCori Doerrfeld, Local Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
March 27, 2018 3:26 pmDavid LaRochelle – Local Children’s Book Author
September 1, 2020 6:59 pmDeborah Jo Larson
December 20, 2022 12:00 amDebra Frasier, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
April 28, 2020 1:44 pmDerek Anderson, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
January 3, 2020 9:20 pmDrew Brockington
November 9, 2022 4:54 amErin Soderberg Downing
April 16, 2024 12:39 amHeidi Ferris, Local Author
July 19, 2019 10:50 amIoana Stoian, Children’s Book Author and Paper Artist
February 17, 2020 10:21 amJ.J. Austrian, Local Children’s Author
December 3, 2015 8:26 pmJohn Coy – Children’s Book Author
February 16, 2020 1:37 pmJonah Larson, Author & Crochet Prodigy
November 27, 2019 12:31 pmKao Kalia Yang, Local Children’s Book Author
October 5, 2021 11:54 amKate DiCamillo, Local Childrens Book Author
January 21, 2022 1:57 pmKirsten B. King, Local Podcaster | Speaker | Children’s Book Author
March 10, 2022 3:49 pmKitchen Pantry Scientist, Liz Heinecke
January 20, 2020 10:44 amKT Johnston, Local Children’s Book Author
February 17, 2020 9:43 amKurtis Scaletta, Children’s Book Author
December 21, 2015 10:40 pmLaura Ingalls Wilder, Children’s Book Author
November 10, 2019 6:52 pmLaura Purdie Salas – Children’s Book Author
February 2, 2022 12:19 amLauren Stringer, Local Children’s Book Author
February 7, 2016 3:44 pmLise Lunge-Larsen, Local Children’s Book Author
November 7, 2020 1:42 pmMarion Dane Bauer, Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2020 10:13 amMary Casanova, Local Children’s Book Author
April 8, 2016 1:41 pmMary Losure – Local Children’s Book Author
February 10, 2023 12:37 amMaryann Weidt, Local Children’s Book Author
December 13, 2015 3:57 pmMaud Hart Lovelace, Local Children’s Book Author
March 5, 2019 8:18 pmMegan Maynor, Minnesota Children’s Book Author
March 26, 2023 12:12 amMelanie Heuiser Hill, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 11:02 pmMichael Hall
April 3, 2023 12:39 amMike Wohnoutka – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
September 1, 2020 6:44 pmMiranda Paul, Children’s Book Author
October 18, 2021 4:44 pmMolly Beth Griffin – Children’s Book Author
November 16, 2020 9:34 pmNancy Carlson, Children’s Book Author
February 11, 2022 12:24 amNate Christopherson, Children’s Book Illustrator
November 20, 2019 12:57 pmNina Crittenden, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
January 10, 2020 10:37 amPatricia Bauer, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 2:05 pmPeter Pearson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 3, 2015 7:42 pmPhyllis Root, Local Children’s Book Author
May 1, 2018 7:47 pmSarah Warren, Local Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2022 12:52 amStefania Luca, Artist & Author of Kids Books
February 11, 2022 9:11 amStephanie Watson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 16, 2015 8:06 pmStephen Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
January 25, 2024 12:29 amTara Sweeney, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
November 20, 2019 1:16 pmTrisha Speed Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
December 2, 2020 1:01 pmWanda Gág
November 9, 2022 12:23 amWe 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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