Fischer, Katherine

Comments from the author about writing:
My newspaper columns, essays, and books are deeply imbued with Midwestern culture and landscape--most notably that of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. Raised on the shores of Lake Michigan, I now live on the floodplains of the Mississippi. I find in rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and oceans metaphor for the joys, comedy, hardships, relationships, and love in our daily lives. Too, I find a feisty can-do nature in our regional personality due, perhaps, to making it through yet another winter.

Literary awards received and date received:

• Independent Booksellers of America Blue Ribbon Favorite
  

Book Types: Fiction, Nonfiction

Audience Types: Adult

Genres: Environment, Nature, Americana, Folk Culture, History

Are you willing to do programs for schools, libraries, or other groups? Yes

If you are willing to do programs, will you charge a fee? No

Author Web site URL: http://press.umsystem.edu/fall2006/fischer.htm

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University of Missouri Press
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http://press.umsystem.edu/fall2006/fischer.htm

County: Dubuque

Books By This Author

• Dreaming the Mississippi, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, 2006