Student and Alumni Book Publications:
Literature for Adults
Our students and alumni do more than hone their craft -- they get their work published. Many
of the projects that students work on while they are enrolled in the
Creative Writing Programs become successful books. These works catch the
attention of publishers and critics alike, earning awards and gaining
literary recognition. See list of book publications for children's and YA literature.
Below is a LISTING of books by our students and alumni published in the world of literature for adults.
ELIZABETH ANDREW, MFA '97
Writing the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir, Skinner House Books, 2005
On the Threshold: Home, Hardwood, and Holiness, Basic Books, 2005
Swinging on the Garden Gate: A Spiritual Memoir, Skinner House Books, 2000
DAVID ATHEY, MFA '01
Hunting and Gathering Heaven, Bellowing Ark Press, 2000
Danny Gospel, Bethany House, 2008
JOHN BESSLER, MFA '05
Cruel and Unusual: The American Death Penalty and... , Northeastern UP, 2012
Writing for Life: The Craft of Writing for Everyday Living, Bottlecap Books, 2007
Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota, U of MN Press, 2004
Kiss of Death: America’s Love Affair with the Death Penalty, Northeastern UP, 2003
Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America, Northeastern UP, 1998
CAROL PEARCE BJORLIE, MFA '01
Behind the Cello, Main Street Rag, 2012
SARA DAILEY, MFA 11
Earlier Lives, Dos Madres Press, 2012
KIRSTEN DIERKING, MALS '94
Northern Oracle, Spout Press, 2007
One Red Eye, Holy Cow! Press, 2001
LOIS WEST DUFFY
Zilliah’s Gift, Beaver’s Pond Press, 2009
ANN DYBVIK, MALS '08
Images of America: Menomonie, Arcadia Press, 2007
JOANNE ESSER, MFA ’02
I Have Always Wanted Lightning, Finishing Line Press, 2011
BRIAN FARREY, MFA '08
The Vengekeep Prophecies, HarperCollins Children's, 2012
With or Without You, Simon Pulse, 2011
PATTI FRAZEE, MFA '02
Out of Harmony, CreateSpace, 2012
cirkus, Alyson, 2006
DIANNE GRAY, MALS '96
Tomorrow, the River, Houghton Mifflin, 2006
Together Apart, Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Holding Up the Earth, Houghton Mifflin, 2001
MOLLY BETH GRIFFIN, MFAC '09
Silhouette of a Sparrow, Milkweed Editions, 2012
CARLA HAGEN, MFA '02
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, North Star Press
DAVID HAIGHT, MFA '98
Overdrive, Beaver’s Pond Press, 2005
ANGELA HALLSTROM, MFA '05
Bound On Earth, Parables Press, 2008
Dispensation: Latter-Day Fiction, editor, Zarahemla Books, 2010
PETE HEIDEN. MFA '09
Penelope and Pip Build a Prose Poem, Norwood House Press, 2011
GEOFF HERBACH, MFA '06
Fat Boy vs. The Cheerleader, Sourcebooks, 2014
I'm with Stupid, Sourcebooks, 2013
Nothing Special, Sourcebooks, 2012
Stupid Fast, Sourcebooks, 2011
The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg, Crown/Three Rivers Press, 2008
LISA HIGGS, MFA '01
Lodestar, Finishing Line Press, 2011
MELANIE HOFFERT, MFA '08
Prairie Silence, Beacon Press, 2013
NICK HUPTON, MALS '08
If I Know It's Coming, North Star Press, 2012
DONNA ISAAC, MFA '07
Tommy, Red Dragonfly Press, 2009
ANN IVERSON, MFA '99
Art Lessons, Holy Cow! Press, 2011
Definite Space, Holy Cow! Press, 2007
Come Now to the Window, Laurel Poetry Collective, 2005
PAMELA CARTER JOERN, MFA '00
The Plain Sense of Things, University of Nebraska Press, 2008
The Floor of the Sky, University of Nebraska Press, 2006
NICOLE KELBY, MFA '98 (as N.M. Kelby)
White Truffles in Winter, W.W. Norton, 2011
A Travel Guide for Restless Hearts: Stories, Borealis Books, 2009
Murder at the Bad Girls’ Bar & Grill, Thorndike Press, 2008
Whale Season, Random House, 2006
Theater of the Stars, A Novel of Physics and Memory, Hyperion, 2003
In the Company of Angels, Hyperion, 2001
SUSAN KOEFOD, MFA '04
Washed Up, North Star Press, 2011
Let Them Eat Crepes: Stories About the French Pancake, Lulu.com, 2011
KATHLEEN LINDSAY, MFA '00
Somewhere Between the Wind and Water, IGI Publishing, 2006
LARRY MATTHEWS, MALS '09
The Silent Heart: A Personal Journey Back from Cardiac Arrest
iUniverse, 2012
JOHN MEDEIROS, MFA '06
couplets for a shrinking world, North Star Press, 2012
MINDY MEJIA, MFA '09
The Dragon Keeper, Ashland Creek Press, 2012
NATHAN MILLER, MFA '06
Teaching in Circles: My Journeys in Teaching High School, Kaplan, 2008
SUSAN MONTAG, MFA '07
Finding the Way: A Tao for Down-to-Earth Pople, Nicolas-Hays Press, 2006
STEPHEN MUESKE, MFA '02
A Mnemonic for Desire, Ghost Road Press, 2006
NORA MURPHY, MFA '03
Knitting the Threads of Time: Casting Back to the Heart, New World Library, 2009
Twelve Branches, Stories from St. Paul, Coffee House Press, 2003
DAVID OPPEGAARD, MFA '06
Wormwood, Nevada, St. Martin’s Press, 2009
The Suicide Collectors, St. Martin's Press, 2008
BONNIE PALMQUIST, MALS '90
Time Frame, Galde Press, 2003
Voices of Minnesota History, Galde Press
VICTORIA PETERSON-HILLEQUE, MFA '10
Ana and Adam Build an Acrostic, Norwood House Press, 2011
MICHELLE POLLOCK, MFA '06
Regarding Memory, Cross Keys Press, 2004
THOMAS RUUD, MFA '03
Unable for the World to Sleep, Laurel Poetry Collective, 2005
GEORGE RICHARD SLADE, MALS '97
Banking in the Great Northern Territory, Afton Historical Society Press, 2005
MAUREEN MILLEA SMITH, MFA '00
When Charlotte Comes Home, Alyson, 2006
SU SMALLEN, MFA '03
Buddha, Proof, Broadcraft Press, 2011
Weight of Light, Laurel Poetry Collective, 2005
AMANDA ST. JOHN, MFA '10
Sophie and Sadie Build a Sonnet, Norwood House Press, 2011
SUSANNA STYVE, MFA '03
Miscellaneous Tender, Laurel Poetry Collective, 2004
MARC THOMSPON, MFA '06
Oklahoma Heat, Red Moon Press
KATHY WEIHE, MFA '02
Unless You Count the Birds, North Star Press, 2012
LOIS WELSHONS, MALS '94
Where the Moon Is, Laurel Poetry Collective, 2005
JOAN WOLF, MFA '01
Someone Named Eva, Clarion, 2007
MARGARET WURTELE, MALS '93
Touching the Edge: A Mother’s Spiritual Path from Loss to Life, John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Taking Root: A Spiritual Memoir, St. Mary’s Press, 1998
NOLAN ZAVORAL, MFAC '09
Sequences Dark and Light, Redbird Chapbooks, 2012