Meet some of our favorite Minnesota children’s book authors in our BookHounds Author directory:
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Wanda Gág
November 9, 2022 12:23 amTrisha Speed Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
December 2, 2020 1:01 pmTara Sweeney, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
November 20, 2019 1:16 pmStephen Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
January 25, 2024 12:29 amStephanie Watson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 16, 2015 8:06 pmStefania Luca, Artist & Author of Kids Books
February 11, 2022 9:11 amSarah Warren, Local Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2022 12:52 amPhyllis Root, Local Children’s Book Author
May 1, 2018 7:47 pmPeter Pearson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 3, 2015 7:42 pmPatricia Bauer, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 2:05 pmNina Crittenden, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
January 10, 2020 10:37 amNate Christopherson, Children’s Book Illustrator
November 20, 2019 12:57 pmNancy Carlson, Children’s Book Author
February 11, 2022 12:24 amMolly Beth Griffin – Children’s Book Author
November 16, 2020 9:34 pmMiranda Paul, Children’s Book Author
October 18, 2021 4:44 pmMike Wohnoutka – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
September 1, 2020 6:44 pmMichael Hall
April 3, 2023 12:39 amMelanie Heuiser Hill, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 11:02 pmMegan Maynor, Minnesota Children’s Book Author
March 26, 2023 12:12 amMaud Hart Lovelace, Local Children’s Book Author
March 5, 2019 8:18 pmMaryann Weidt, Local Children’s Book Author
December 13, 2015 3:57 pmMary Losure – Local Children’s Book Author
February 10, 2023 12:37 amMary Casanova, Local Children’s Book Author
April 8, 2016 1:41 pmMarion Dane Bauer, Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2020 10:13 amLise Lunge-Larsen, Local Children’s Book Author
November 7, 2020 1:42 pmLauren Stringer, Local Children’s Book Author
February 7, 2016 3:44 pmLaura Purdie Salas – Children’s Book Author
February 2, 2022 12:19 amLaura Ingalls Wilder, Children’s Book Author
November 10, 2019 6:52 pmKurtis Scaletta, Children’s Book Author
December 21, 2015 10:40 pmKT Johnston, Local Children’s Book Author
February 17, 2020 9:43 amKitchen Pantry Scientist, Liz Heinecke
January 20, 2020 10:44 amKirsten B. King, Local Podcaster | Speaker | Children’s Book Author
March 10, 2022 3:49 pmKate DiCamillo, Local Childrens Book Author
January 21, 2022 1:57 pmKao Kalia Yang, Local Children’s Book Author
October 5, 2021 11:54 amJonah Larson, Author & Crochet Prodigy
November 27, 2019 12:31 pmJohn Coy – Children’s Book Author
February 16, 2020 1:37 pmJ.J. Austrian, Local Children’s Author
December 3, 2015 8:26 pmIoana Stoian, Children’s Book Author and Paper Artist
February 17, 2020 10:21 amHeidi Ferris, Local Author
July 19, 2019 10:50 amErin Soderberg Downing
April 16, 2024 12:39 amDrew Brockington
November 9, 2022 4:54 amDerek Anderson, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
January 3, 2020 9:20 pmDebra Frasier, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
April 28, 2020 1:44 pmDeborah Jo Larson
December 20, 2022 12:00 amDavid LaRochelle – Local Children’s Book Author
September 1, 2020 6:59 pmCori Doerrfeld, Local Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
March 27, 2018 3:26 pmChris Monroe – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
February 10, 2023 12:13 amCheryl Minnema, Local Children’s Book Author
October 22, 2019 3:06 pmCheryl Blackford, Local Children’s Book Author
December 1, 2020 5:56 pmCatherine Thimmesh, Children’s Book Author
November 17, 2020 1:07 pmCaren Stelson – Children’s Book Author
October 13, 2020 10:59 amBelinda Jensen
August 5, 2021 4:00 pmBao Phi
August 4, 2021 5:19 pmAngela and Rick Blesi
January 4, 2022 8:34 pmAimée Bissonette
May 3, 2023 12:31 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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