Louise Erdrich

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Also Known As	Karen Louise Erdrich
Born	June 7, 1954 (age 70) • Little Falls • Minnesota
Awards And Honors	National Book Award (2012)
Notable Works	“Future Home of the Living God” • “Love Medicine” • “Shadow Tag” • “Tales of Burning Love” • “The Antelope Wife” • “The Beet Queen” • “The Bingo Palace” • “The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year” • “The Crown of Columbus” • “The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse” • “The Night Watchman” • “The Plague of Doves” • “The Round House” • “The Sentence” • “The World’s Greatest Fisherman” • “Tracks”

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