Meet some of our favorite Minnesota children’s book authors in our BookHounds Author directory:
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J.J. Austrian, Local Children’s Author
December 3, 2015 8:26 pmDerek Anderson, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
January 3, 2020 9:20 pmMarion Dane Bauer, Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2020 10:13 amPatricia Bauer, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 2:05 pmAimée Bissonette
May 3, 2023 12:31 amCheryl Blackford, Local Children’s Book Author
December 1, 2020 5:56 pmAngela and Rick Blesi
January 4, 2022 8:34 pmDrew Brockington
November 9, 2022 4:54 amMary Casanova, Local Children’s Book Author
April 8, 2016 1:41 pmNate Christopherson, Children’s Book Illustrator
November 20, 2019 12:57 pmJohn Coy – Children’s Book Author
February 16, 2020 1:37 pmKate DiCamillo, Local Childrens Book Author
January 21, 2022 1:57 pmCori Doerrfeld, Local Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
March 27, 2018 3:26 pmHeidi Ferris, Local Author
July 19, 2019 10:50 amMolly Beth Griffin – Children’s Book Author
November 16, 2020 9:34 pmMichael Hall
April 3, 2023 12:39 amKitchen Pantry Scientist, Liz Heinecke
January 20, 2020 10:44 amMelanie Heuiser Hill, Local Children’s Book Author
July 17, 2019 11:02 pmBelinda Jensen
August 5, 2021 4:00 pmKT Johnston, Local Children’s Book Author
February 17, 2020 9:43 amDavid LaRochelle – Local Children’s Book Author
September 1, 2020 6:59 pmDeborah Jo Larson
December 20, 2022 12:00 amJonah Larson, Author & Crochet Prodigy
November 27, 2019 12:31 pmMary Losure – Local Children’s Book Author
February 10, 2023 12:37 amMaud Hart Lovelace, Local Children’s Book Author
March 5, 2019 8:18 pmStefania Luca, Artist & Author of Kids Books
February 11, 2022 9:11 amMegan Maynor, Minnesota Children’s Book Author
March 26, 2023 12:12 amCheryl Minnema, Local Children’s Book Author
October 22, 2019 3:06 pmChris Monroe – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
February 10, 2023 12:13 amPeter Pearson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 3, 2015 7:42 pmBao Phi
August 4, 2021 5:19 pmPhyllis Root, Local Children’s Book Author
May 1, 2018 7:47 pmKurtis Scaletta, Children’s Book Author
December 21, 2015 10:40 pmStephen Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
December 1, 2020 1:29 pmTrisha Speed Shaskan – Local Children’s Book Author
December 2, 2020 1:01 pmErin Soderberg Downing
April 8, 2023 12:39 amCaren Stelson – Children’s Book Author
October 13, 2020 10:59 amIoana Stoian, Children’s Book Author and Paper Artist
February 17, 2020 10:21 amLauren Stringer, Local Children’s Book Author
February 7, 2016 3:44 pmTara Sweeney, Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
November 20, 2019 1:16 pmCatherine Thimmesh, Children’s Book Author
November 17, 2020 1:07 pmSarah Warren, Local Children’s Book Author
November 29, 2022 12:52 amStephanie Watson, Local Children’s Book Author
December 16, 2015 8:06 pmMaryann Weidt, Local Children’s Book Author
December 13, 2015 3:57 pmMike Wohnoutka – Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
September 1, 2020 6:44 pmKao Kalia Yang, Local Children’s Book Author
October 5, 2021 11:54 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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