Jana Bommersbach is an acclaimed and respected journalist whose work has encompassed every facet of the profession: she's been a reporter and editor for both weekly and daily newspapers; she's written books and is a major contributor to an anthology; she's written columns and investigative stories for magazines; she's appeared on television with both political commentaries and investigative stories.Bommersbach's new novel is Cattle Kate.
Recently I asked the author about what she was reading. Her reply:
This summer when I began a new fiction book set in North Dakota, I searched out books by and about the 39th state. That's how IVisit Jana Bommersbach's website.found Louise Erdrich and her fabulous books set on and off the Dakota reservation. Love Medicine is an acclaimed look inside the Dakota culture through several generations; The Master Butcher's Singing Club, is about a German immigrant who settles in North Dakota.There's a good reason Louise has won tons of honors, including a big writing award from Minnesota this summer--her writing is strong and engaging and compelling. And she grew up 25 miles from where my mother lives in North Dakota!
--Marshal Zeringue
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