[Michlib-l] 2013 Michigan Author Award Winner

[Laura Covey]

MLA is pleased to announce that Laura Kasischke is the winner of the 2013 
Michigan Author Award. Laura will accept her award at the MLA 2013 Annual 
Convention in Lansing, Michigan. 

Laura is a prolific author and poet. She has written eight novels, two of 
which, The Life Before Her Eyes and Suspicious River, were made into 
feature films. She has also authored eight books of poetry and received 
the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in 2012. She has been 
the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the 
National Endowment for the Arts as well as several Pushcart Prizes and 
numerous poetry awards. Her writing has appeared in Best American Poetry, 
The Kenyon Review, Harper’s and The New Republic.

Laura grew up in Grand Rapids and currently resides in Chelsea. She is an 
Allan Seager Colleagiate Professor of English Language & Literature at the 
University of Michigan. Throughout her diverse body of work, Laura ties 
her characters to the state of Michigan. These connections and her 
creative gift make Laura a perfect fit for this award.

A panel of judges representing Michigan Library Association members and 
the Michigan Center for the Book determined the recipient on overall 
literary merit. To receive the award authors must be a current resident of 
Michigan, a long-time resident of Michigan, recently relocated, or an 
author whose works are identified with Michigan because of subject and/or 
setting in Michigan. Past Michigan Author Award Winners include: Tom 
Stanton, Sarah Stewart, Steve Hamilton, Christopher Paul Curtis, Patricia 
Polacco, Dan Gerber, Charles Baxter, Nancy Willard, Janet Kauffman, Elmore 
Leonard, Loren Estleman, Gloria Whelan, Jerry Dennis, Janie Lynn 
Panagopoulos, Thomas Lynch, Nicholas Delbanco, Diane Wakoski, Dave 
Dempsey, John Smolens, Gary Schmidt and Bonnie Jo Campbell.
While at MLA 2013, please join us at the Michigan Author Award luncheon at 
Noon on Friday, October 18th to see Laura accept this award and hear her 
presentation. Tickets are available for $30.

Learn more about Laura and her books at her website: 
http://laurakasischke.indiemade.com/


Laura Covey
Director of Membership, Communications, and Marketing
Michigan Library Association
1407 Rensen St., Ste. 2
Lansing, MI 48910
Phone: 517-394-2774 ext. 211
Fax: 517-394-2675
www.mla.lib.mi.us



MLA 2013 Annual Conference, October 16-18 in Lansing.
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