Karen Louise Erdrich, known as Louise Erdrich, (Little Falls, Minnesota June 7, 1954) is an American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American heritage.
Erdrich is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant writers of the second wave of what critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. In April 2009, her novel The Plague of Doves was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In November 2012, she received the National Book Award for Fiction for her novel The Round House.
She is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore in Minneapolis.
Read more about Louise Erdrich: Background, Early Literary Work, Co-authorship With Michael Dorris, Later Works, Personal Life, Awards
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