Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

male, 67 years old (St. Paul)
Advice columnist, Minnesotawriter, minnesota public radio, Humorist, American Public Media, a prairie home companion…From Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of Minnesota alumni, A Prairie Home Companion writer, born in Anoka, Minnesota, writer
Garrison Keillor 's latest book, "Homegrown Democrat," was released on July 15, 2004. Here he offers the first four chapters for your perusal,...
Leif Enger

Leif Enger

male
minnesota public radio, Peace Like a River, Osakis, Minnesotawriter, L.L. Enger, graduate of Moorhead State University, Enger…writer
Leif Enger is the author of the United States bestselling novel "Peace Like a River". Enger was born in 1961 and raised in Osakis, Minnesota. Since...
Carol Bly

Carol Bly

female, 79 years old
Essayist, Minnesotawriter, Short story writer, American, author, short stories
Carol Bly (b April 16, 1930 in Duluth, Minnesota as Carol McLean) is a teacher and an award-winning American author of short stories and essays, as...
Jon Hassler

Jon Hassler

male, 76 years old
St. John's University, From Minneapolis, Minnesota, University of North Dakota alumni, teacher, American, Short story writer…children's writer, Minnesotawriter, writer
Jon Hassler (born March 30, 1933) is an American novelist and educator who is known for his fictional works about small-town life in Minnesota. He...
Meridel Le Sueur

Meridel Le Sueur

female, deceased (1996)
novelist, historian, Feminist, Essayist, Minnesotawriter, children's writer
Meridel Le Sueur was an American writer associated with the proletarian movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Like her counterparts John Steinbeck,...
F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

male, deceased (1940)
death by myocardial infarction, short stories, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Jazz Age, Lost Generation, Irish American…From Saint Paul, Minnesota, Short story writer, Minnesotawriter, writer
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. He is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century...
Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler

female, 68 years old
Columbia University, National Book Critics Circle Award, Maryland writer, from the Triangle, North Carolina, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner…From Minneapolis, Minnesota, North Carolina writer, Minnesotawriter
Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tyler grew up in Raleigh, North...
Charles Baxter

Charles Baxter

male, 62 years old
macalester college, University of Michigan, American, author, University at Buffalo, Francesca Delbano…Short story writer, University of Minnesota, Minnesotawriter, writer's writer
Charles Baxter is a writer's writer. Mention his name in a crowd of authors and most will voice an appreciation for at least one of his books; many...
Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

male, deceased (1951)
short-story, atheist, Yale University alumni, Minnesotawriter, nobel prize in literature, novelist
Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930 he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in...
Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

male, 63 years old
Vietnam War veteran, American military, memoirist, internship, washington post, Irish…writer, Minnesotawriter
Tim O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who mainly writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on...