Author

Louise Erdrich

26 books, mostly literary fiction, for Harper and Harper Perennial, 2004–2027

Louise Erdrich is an acclaimed American author of Ojibwe and German-American heritage whose writing career began with poetry before expanding into novels, short stories, essays, and children’s literature. Her debut novel, Love Medicine (1984), won the National Book Critics Circle Award and established her as a major voice in contemporary Native American literature. Her fiction frequently explores Indigenous history, culture, identity, family, community, and the tensions between Native and non-Native traditions.