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Louise Erdrich

Erdrich at the 2015 [[National Book Festival]]. Karen Louise Erdrich ( ; born June 7, 1954) is a Native American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, a federally recognized Ojibwe people.

Erdrich is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of the Native American Renaissance. She has written 28 books in all, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and children's books. In 2009, her novel ''The Plague of Doves'' was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and received an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. In November 2012, she received the National Book Award for Fiction for her novel ''The Round House''. She is a 2013 recipient of the Alex Awards. She was awarded the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction at the National Book Festival in September 2015. In 2021, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel ''The Night Watchman''.

She was married to author Michael Dorris and the two collaborated on a number of works. The couple separated in 1995 and then divorced in 1996; Dorris would also take his own life in 1997 as allegations that he sexually abused at least three of the daughters whom he raised with Erdrich were under investigation.

She is also the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature and the Native community in the Twin Cities. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The mighty red : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise

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    The game of silence / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2005
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    Four souls : [a novel] / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2004
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    The game of silence / by Erdrich, Louise

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    El coro de los maestros carniceros / by Erdrich, Louise

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    Plaga de palomas / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2012
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    La casa redonda / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2013
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    El hijo de todos / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2017
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    The sentence : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2021
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    Love medicine : new and expanded version / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 1993
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    The night watchman : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2020
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    The sentence : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2021
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    La Reina de la Remolacha by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2021
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    El juego de la sombra / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2012
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    The round house / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 2013
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    The birchbark house / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 1999
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    The antelope wife : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise

    Published 1998
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