Author - from each state

[Melissa]

I am going to put this under the ongoing challenges because 50 books is a lot to read in one year for one challenge.

The challenge is to read a book written by an author from each state. Now it is up to you if you choose a FAMOUS author or just one you know about.

Here is a link for you to check out that has at least one famous author from each state (yes this is where I got the idea from) seemed fun.

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-f...

[Lea Ann]

Unknown: Bridget Levin


Alabama: Angela Johnson
Alaska:
Arizona:
Arkansas: Tom Ewart
California: Ransom Riggs, Marilyn Hilton, Shirin Yim Bridges, Paul Fleischman, Sid Fleishman, Frans Vischer, Jennifer L. Holm, Katherine Applegate, Beverly Keller, Mac Barnett, Laura Joffe Numeroff, Ray Bradbury, Eve Bunting, Lisa Graff, Raina Telgemeier, Judd Winick, Audrey Shafer, Jack Klugman, Jennifer Holm, Nikki Grimes, Peter Beagle, Myron Uhlberg
Colorado: T.A. Barron
Connecticut: Lynda Mullaly Hunt Lauren Tarshis, Betsy Maestro, Maurice Sendak
Delaware: Erin Entrada Kelly
Florida:Eric Carle, Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, Sandra Markle
Georgia: Mary Kay Andrews
Hawaii: Pattie Schnetzler
Idaho:
Illinois: Charles Dickinson, Janan Cain, Liesl Shurtliff, Patricia Hruby Powell, Jeanette Winter
Indiana: Skila Brown
Iowa: David Hulm
Kansas: Alan Schroeder
Kentucky: Randle Bond Truett
Louisiana: Troy Andrews
Maine: Sharon Creech, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Debby Atwell, Stephen King
Maryland: Audrey Penn, Laura Amy Schlitz
Massachusetts: Chris Lynch, Gregory Maguire, Jesse Andrews, Jane Yolen, Sara Pennypacker, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Rick Riordan, Mordicai Gerstein
Michigan: Gary D. Schmidt, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kelly DiPucchio
Minnesota: Kate DiCamillo, Millions of Cats, Wanda Gág
Mississippi:
Missouri: Lillian Nothdurft
Montana:
Nebraska:
Nevada:
New Hampshire: Else Holmelund Minarik
New Jersey: Ann M Martin, Walter Dean Myers
New Mexico: Caroline Starr Rose, Gary Paulsen
New York: Laurie Halse Anderson, R.J. Palacio Bronia Brandman, Jacqueline Woodson, Dan Yaccarino, Joan Austin Geier, Rosemary Wells, James Marshall, Ezra Jack Keats, Bill Martin Jr., Ted Lewin, Alice Hoffman, Neil Waldman, Doreen Rappaport, Beth Stern, Chris Grabenstein
North Carolina: Ann Tatlock
North Dakota:
Ohio - Sharon Draper, Louise Borden, Angela Johnson
Oklahoma: Mary Pope Osborne (born there)
Oregon: Susan Boase, Victoria Jamieson, Trudy Ludwig
Pennsylvania - Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Marty Crisp, Stan Berenstain, Allison Lassieur, Hal Marcovitz
Rhode Island - Natalie Babbitt
South Carolina: Barbara O'Conner (originally from)
South Dakota:
Tennessee - Natalie Lloyd, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Texas - Greg Leitich Smith
Utah - Brandon Mull, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Sara Zarr
Vermont - Jo Knowles
Virginia - Kwame Alexander, Tom Angleberger, Rita Mae Brown
Washington - Kazu Kibuishi, Gary Larson, Doris Mech,Dav Pilkey, Deborah Underwood, Dianne Snyder
West Virginia - Jean Lee Latham
Wisconsin: Lois Ehlert
Wyoming:
*Washington DC - Tracy Chevalier

[Karin]

I think I will try my hand at this one as well.

[Karin]

Alabama:
Alaska:
Arizona:
Arkansas:
California: Khaled Hosseini, Renae McBrian, Hailey Abbott, Raina Telgemeier, Lisa Graff, Tim Federle, Neal Shusterman,
Colorado: Vince Flynn
Connecticut: Bob Shea
Delaware
Florida: Janet Evanovich
Georgia:
Hawaii:
Idaho:
Illinois: Shel Silverstein, Jeffrey Brown, Patricia Hruby Powell
Indiana: Jennifer Niven, John Green
Iowa:
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana:
Maine: Stephen King
Maryland: Nora Roberts
Massachusetts: Gregory Maguire; Elin Hilderbrand
Michigan: Kekla Magoon, Ruta Sepetys, Holly Goldberg Sloan
Minnesota: Jilly Gagnon
Mississippi:
Missouri:
Montana:
Nebraska: Rainbow Rowell
Nevada:
New Hampshire: Jo Knowles
New Jersey: Laura Ruby
New Mexico:
New York: Jennifer E. Smith, Gary D. Schmidt, R.J. Palacio, Sarvenaz Tash
North Carolina: Stephanie Perkins
North Dakota:
Ohio: Jacqueline Woodson, Emery Lord
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
Pennsylvania: Lisa Graff
Rhode Island:
South Carolina: Nikky Finney, Ashley Poston
South Dakota:
Tennessee: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Texas: Varian Johnson
Utah: Shannon Hale, Jennifer A Nielsen
Vermont: Kate Messner
Virginia: Kwame Alexander, Cece Bell, Ann Brashares
Washington:
West Virginia:
Wisconsin:
Wyoming: Craig Johnson

[Lea Ann]

I picked up one from Vermont!

[Karin]

I picked up one from SC.

[Lea Ann]

Minnesota!

[Lea Ann]

Missouri!

[Lea Ann]

Washington

[Melissa]

Maryland: Nora Roberts Bay of Sighs

[Melissa]

Wyoming!

Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan

[Lea Ann]

I picked up Michigan and Tennessee.

[Karin]

Wow Lea, you are almost halfway through the states. I really need to update my tracking post to see how far I have gotten.

[Lea Ann]

Picked up an author from Indiana quite by accident! Love it when that happens.

[Lea Ann]

Oh, I stumbled onto one from Wisconsin.

[Melissa]

Thanks to the Author read, I have Arkansas.
John Grisham!

[Melissa]

TRACKING POST

Alabama:
Alaska:
Arizona: Jeannette Walls The Silver Star
Arkansas: John Grisham Bleachers
California:John Steinbeck Cannery Row
Colorado:
Connecticut:
Delaware:
Florida: Carl Hiaasen Hoot
Georgia:
Hawaii:
Idaho:
Illinois:
Indiana: Kurt Vonnegut The Sirens of Titan
Iowa: Bill Bryson A Walk in the Woods
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana:
Maine: Stephen King Desperation
Maryland: Nora Roberts Bay of Sighs
Massachusetts:
Michigan:
Minnesota:
Mississippi:
Missouri:
Montana:
Nebraska: Nicholas Sparks A Walk to Remember
Nevada:
New Hampshire: Dan Brown The Lost Symbol
New jersey:
New Mexico:
New York:
North Carolina:
North Dakota:
Ohio:
Oklahoma:
Oregon: Beverly Cleary Dear Mr. Henshaw
Pennsylvania:
Rhode Island: Cormac McCarthyThe Road
South Carolina:
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
Texas:
Utah:
Vermont:
Virginia: David Baldacci The Camel Club
Washington: Debbie Macomber Orchard Valley
Washington DC:
West Virginia: Pearl S. Buck The Angry Wife
Wisconsin:
Wyoming: Patricia MacLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall

[Melissa]

Wow, I have more of these done than I thought once I updated it!

[Melissa]

Jeannette Walls is from Arizona! Mark one more off the list!

[Lea Ann]

Picked another one off this list - South Carolina.

Who knew this would be so hard?

[Melissa]

Lea wrote: "Picked another one off this list - South Carolina.

Who knew this would be so hard?"

This one is harder than I thought it would be.

I got Florida off the list today.

[Melissa]

How is everyone doing with this challenge?

It is slow going so I am glad it is under the Ongoing challenges!

[Karin]

It is definitely slow going for me because it is difficult to find books by authors from different states.

[Melissa]

I got Iowa off the list today!

Bill Bryson with A Walk In the Woods

[Lucretia]

Maryland- Laura Lippman- Wilde Lake.

[Melissa]

The end of 2018 is coming up so I thought I would update my tracking list, looks like I have read 9 so far.

41 more to go!

[Melissa]

I got Oregon.

[Melissa]

Got Indiana off the list.

[Melissa]

3 off the list this year:
Indiana
Oregon
W Virginia

[Lea Ann]

Quite by accident, and with a little digging I found one from Iowa.

[Melissa]

Got one off this list.
Rhode Island

[Lea Ann]

Got a Delaware author!

[Melissa]

John Steinbeck's Cannery Row for California!

[Melissa]

another one: Nicholas Sparks for Nebraska!

[Lea Ann]

Georgia!

[Melissa]

I haven't been doing very well on this one, but I marked off Washington this month!