Louise Erdrich, MA, is an award-winning and bestselling American author and poet. She has written fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books, as well as a memoir of pregnancy and early parenthood. Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and many of her books feature Native American characters, history, and locations. She is also the owner of a small independent book store, Birchbark Books, in Minneapolis that focuses on Native American literature.
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