Meet the Authors
Ann Bausum
Author of White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War and Rewrote the History. Roaring Brook Press, 2025. ISBN: 978-1250816573
The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion. Peachtree Press, 2024. ISBN: 978-1682634950
Joseph Bottum
Author of This Far Country: South Dakota Lines on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaraion of Independence. Illustrated by Jeanne Bowman. South Dakota Historical Press, 2026. ISBN: 978-1941813683
Jeanne Bowman
Illustrator of This Far Country: South Dakota Lines on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaraion of Independence. South Dakota Historical Press, 2026. ISBN: 978-1941813683
Matthew Davis
Author of A Biography of a Mountain: The Making of Mount Rushmore. St. Martin Press, 2025. ISBN: 978-1250285102
duncan barlow
Author of Awry. Short Stories. Bridge Eight Press, 2025. ISBN: 9798218591052
Tracy Hauff
The Lakota. Capstone Press, 2025. ISBN: 979-8875208409
Blending Cultures: A Journey of Identity in Lakota Country, 2024. ISBN: 979-8288512186
Far from the Forest. Wiyounkihipi Productions, 2024. ISBN 978-1956981025
Patrick Hicks
Author of Greater Minnesota: Exploring the Land of Sky-Blue Waters
Across the Lake. Stephen F. Austin Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-1622882434
Paul Horsted
Author of South Dakota: Yesterday & Today. Golden Valley Press, 2026. ISBN: 9979-8-218-87348-6
The Black Hills Yesteday and Today. Golden Valley Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0971805330
Jon K. Lauck
Author of The Missouri, America’s Longest River: A Cultural and Environmental History. The Center for Western Studies, 2026. ISBN: 978-0931170928
The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest. U of Oklahoma P, 2022. ISBN: 978-0806190648
Marcella M Prokop
Author of Pan De Alma. Flowersong Press, 2026. (chapbook)
Marcella Remund
Author of Stroke, Stroke. Finishing Line Press, 2026. ISBN: 979-8-89990-371-7
Hystarian. Finishing Line Press, 2025. ISBN: 979-8-89990-093-8
Lee Ann Roripaugh
unMothered, unTongued. University of Georgia Press, 2025. ISBN: 978-0820374420
Reveal Codes. Moon City Press, 2023. ISBN:978-0913785843
Tsunami vs. the Fukushima 50. Milkweed Editions, 2019. ISBN: 978-1571319494
Bruce Roseland
Editor. Our South Dakota. Scurfpea Press, 2026. ISBN: 979-8992884821
Heart of the Prairie. Scurfpea Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0578892061
Jeffrey Rosen
Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. Simon & Schuster, 2024. ISBN: 978-1668002490
The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America. Simon & Schuster, 2026. ISBN: 978-1668053768
Anton Treuer
Where Wolves Don’t Die. Levine Querdo, 2025. ISBN: 978-1646145843
Christopher Vondracek
Redlin or Rodin: Essays on Midwestern Scenery. Bison Books, 2026. ISBN: 978-1496248206 (Available Nov. 1)
Richard Zauft
Photography/Mixed Media
Pat Zietlow Miller
Author of Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rivals! Candlewick Press, 2026. ISBN: 978-1536251159
One Can Be. Beaming Books, 2025.ISBN: 978-1506499932
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got his Library Card and Helped Change the World. Viking Books, 2025. ISBN 978-0593524916
