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Debra Magpie Earling *Perma Red, novel 

...Earling is a truly gifted writer, and Perma Red is a wonder-filled gift to all of us. James Welch This book was great in all its pieces. In totality, it's epic. - Sherman Alexie

Fred Haefele *Rebuilding the Indian: A Memoir 

This remembrance of turning a box of junk into a gleaming Indian Chief has a universal roar. Just the right mix of gearhead details and personal reflections. USA TodayWhat Haefele writes about wonderfully, in his mellow, understated way, is how the Indian project became a test of his love and resolve. - Esquire Other works by this Author: City of Trees

Maile Meloy *A Family Daughter: A Novel 

A thoroughly original, undeniably brilliant companion piece to Liars and Saints. Each stands alone; together they pack a seismic wallop.—Kirkus ReviewsFast-moving and compelling...ambitious and playful and clever.--The Washington Post 

*Liars and Saints: A Novel

Meloy may be the first great American realist of the 21st century. –The Boston Globe

A spectacular first novel. The New York Times Book Review

Other works by this Author: Half in Love, collection of stories

Neil McMahon *Lone Creek, crime novel 

Neil McMahon is lifetime expert in the tranquilities and bloody-handed twists and brutalities of working class life in the northern Rockies. And he's one of our finest fast-action storytellers. LONE CREEK will keep you up and dodging through the night, and send you to sleep with a sense of relief and pleasure. Sure worked for me. -- William KittredgeLONE CREEK is a Montana writer's soaring tribute to the people, sorrows, and great beauty of that state. It's also a riveting crime story, an elegy to a passing era, and an exploration of the nature of long friendship. In taut and graceful language, Neil McMahon gives us all that and makes us sorry when it's over. A terrific read. - Deirdre McNamer Other works by this Author:To the BoneRevolution No. 9Twice DyingBlood Double

Melanie Rae Thon *Sweet Hearts 

Booklist, ALA, Starred Review : "Prose so taut and full of feeling that it enters the mind as though it were being whispered in the dark"

Publishers Weekly, Starred : "Episodic, intensely imagined and darkly portentous."

Kirkus Reviews : "Brilliantly imagined and infused with a raw spirituality that cuts to the bone." Starred review. Other works by this Author: First, Body: Stories

 Kim Todd *Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis 

"A breathtaking example of scholarship and storytelling, enriched by ample illustrations of Merian’s work."
--Kirkus (starred review)In this spellbinding biography, Todd interweaves the life of Maria Sibylla Merian, a German artist and naturalist who became famous in the seventeenth century for her engravings of caterpillars, with the intellectual and scientific history of metamorphosis."
--The New Yorker Other works by this Author: Tinkering with Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in America