Read Local

Meet Anoka County Library's 2026 Featured Local Authors! We are thrilled to host them at the annual Local Author Fair on February 28 and promote their work all year round. Below you'll find more information about each of these authors and links to their work in the library's catalog.

author M. E. Bakos with their book - The Perfect Match, A Reindeer Falls Holiday Romance

M.E. Bakos

The Perfect Match: A Reindeer Falls Holiday Romance

 

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author Ashley Craft with their book - Weeknight Wonders
author Anika Fajardo with their book - The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore

Anika Fajardo

The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore

 

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author Anna Farro Henderson with their book - Core Samples: A Climate Scientist's Experiments in

Anna Farro Henderson

Core Samples: A Climate Scientist's Experiments in Politics and Motherhood

 

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author Mubanga Kalimamukwento with their book - Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies

Mubanga Kalimamukwento

Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies

 

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author Laura Ann Larson with their book - Where Do You Go?
author Brenda Lyne with their book - Ripple Effect
author Melinda Mattsen-Vang with their book - A Rainbow of Native Plants

Melinda Mattsen-Vang 

A Rainbow of Native Plants

 

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author Colin Nelson with their book - The Havana Syndrome
author Cristina Oxtra with their book - What Lolo Wants
author Marcie Rendon with their book - Broken Fields, A Cash Blackbear Mystery

Marcie Rendon

Broken Fields: A Cash Blackbear Mystery

 

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author Abigail Stark with their book Bad Duck
author Varla Ventura with their book - Enchanted Plants: A Treasury of Botanical Folklore and Magic

Varla Ventura

Enchanted Plants: A Treasury of Botanical Folklore and Magic

 

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author Jason Walz
author Elizabeth Weiss Verdick with their book-Make Way for Harriet and May

Elizabeth Weiss-Verdick

Make Way for Harriet and May

 

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author Kehinde Winful with their book - Flooding the River