Louise Erdrich is the author of thirteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, short stories, children's books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel "Love Medicine" won the National Book Critics Circle Award. "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" was a finalist for the National Book Award. Most recently, "The Plague of Doves" won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota and is the owner of Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore.