Iowa: A Literary Landscape


Counties
Over half of Iowa Counties have been the settings for fiction. We identified these 59 counties in the works of these authors.

-- Dashes denote authors of juvenile fiction.


Adair County
-- McGuire, Frances Lynch

Adams County
-- Hall, Lynn

Allamakee County
--  Holl, Kristi

Appanoose County
   Greenleaf, Stephen

Audubon County
-- McDonald, Julie

Benton County
-- Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

Black Hawk County
Aldrich, Bess Streeter
-- Gioielli, Stephani
-- Heath, May A.
--Iyengar, Vijay
--Jensen, Jake
--Knipp and Egemo
-- Lichty, Luke
Price, Nancy
Tracey, Grant A.
Waller, Robert James
--Wilson, Amanda

Bremer County
  
Spence, Hartzell

Buena Vista County
   Gaherty, Mike

Carroll County
  Lamp, C.O.

Cass County
  Vermillion, Mary

Cerro Gordo County
   Klinkowitz, Jerome
   Willson, Meredith
   Yoseloff, Martin

Chickasaw County
-- Magnuson and Petrie

Clay County
   Kantor, MacKinley
-- Sackett and Coy

Clayton County
   Gillhoff, Johannes
-- Hall, Lynn
-- Hall and Roth
   Harstad, Donald

Clinton County
Childs, Marquis William
Fisher, James R.

Delaware County
-- Holl, Kristi

Dickinson County
   Davidson, Peter
Kantor, MacKinley
   Rich, Virginia
-- Sackett and Coy

Dubuque County
Bissell, Richard
Garlock, Dorothy
Hoffman, Matthias
   Wallis, James Harold

Fayette County
   Berryhill, Clint

Fremont County
  
Spence, Hartzell

Floyd County
   Millhiser, Marlys

Guthrie County
  
Duncan, Thomas William
McKibben, Carroll

Grundy County
  
Quick, Herbert

Hamilton County
   Kantor, MacKinlay

Henry County
   --Braulick, Jenny Panther

Howard County
-- Govern and Pitzenberger

Humboldt County
-- Baker, Laura Nelson

Iowa County
   Gillhoff, Johannes

Jackson County
--
Hunter, Helen
-- Lawlor and Cogancherry

Johnson County
Andrews, Clarence A.
Baker, Larry
Berryhill, Clint
Borne, Deanna Bieber
Bourjaily, Vance
Calderwood and Hearst
Casey, John
Cassill, Robert Verlin
Cathey, Bill Robert
Exley, Frederick
-- Felsen, Henry Gregor
Halvorson, Jerome A.
Hardwick, Elizabeth
Harter, Evelyn
Horn, Margaret Capek
Irving, John
-- Irwin and Reida
Jeffery and Keeble
Johnson, Denis
Kallmaker, Karin
Kinsella, W.P.
Lafore, Laurence Davis
Leggett, John W.
McDonald, Julie
McMurtry, Larry
Mukherjee, Bharati
Murray, John
Newborn, Sasha
Olsen, Lance
Orr, Elaine
--Reuter, Linda
Roth, Philip
Shields, David
--Sheth, Kashmira
Siciliano, Sam
Spivak, Talbot
Strieber, Whitley
Wakefield, Dan
Waters, Dan
Welt, Elly
Weverka, Robert

Jones County
Suckow, Ruth

Keokuk County
Huffman, Marth

Kossuth County
  
Magnuson and Petrie
   Wingert, Lynn R..

Lee County
-- Calhoun and Gretzer
   Hughes, Rupert
   Kentfield, Calvin

Linn County
  
Engle, Paul
   Gorman, Edward
  Henning, William E.
  McCoy, Maureen
-- Medary, Marjorie
 --Roth, Karen
   Sigmund, Jay G.
   Van Vechten, Carl

Louisa County
-- Hunter, Helen

Lyon County
   Feikema, Feike
   Manfred, Frederick Feikema

Madison County
  
Hylton, J.D.
  Waller, Robert James

Marion County
  
Bach, Marcus
   Kooi, Muriel Byers

Marshall County
-- Francis,Dorothy Brenner

Mills County
  
Jackson, Donald Dean
   Wearin, Otha D.

Mitchell County
  
Garland, Hamlin

Montgomery County
  
Bowman, Stephen

Muscatine County
  
Butler, Ellis Parker (adult and child's titles)
   Casey, John
   Collins, Max A.

Osceola County
  
Harrison and Sollitt
   Sollitt, Kenneth W.
   Sollitt, Bullard, and Bullington

Page County
   Boylen, Margaret Currier

Palo Alto County
  
Van Etten, Winifred

Plymouth County
   Harnack, Curtis
   McDonald, Julie

Pocahantas County
  
Daniels, Guy

Polk County
Agee, Jonis
-- Anderson, Betty Baxter
-- Bailey and Moran
Bacus, Kathleen
Brigham, Johnson
-- Felsen, Henry Gregor
--Knapp, Susan
Kohrt, Ruth
-- Lowry, Lois
McCracken, Elizabeth
Opstein, Ed
Rhodes, David A.
Scott, Beverly J.
Smiley, Jane
Speer, Ralph
-- Stack, Nicolete Meredith
Stong, Philip Duffield
Taylor, John

Pottawattamie County
  
Beer, Thomas

Poweshiek County
  
Longley, Ralph L.

Ringgold County
   Saltzman, Eleanor

Sac County
  
Dailey, Janet

Scott County
  
French, Alice
   Glaspell. Susan
-- Kimmel, E. Cody
-- Meigs, Cornelia

Shelby County
-- Corey, Paul
-- McDonald, Julie

Sioux County
Donovan, Josephine
--Hewitt, William
-- Naylor, Reynolds, and Brown
Suckow, Ruth
Wishman, June

Story County
  
Frederick, Michael
-- Gibson and Coxe
   Huffey, Rhoda
   Modesitt, L.E.
   Smiley, Jane

Tama County
-- Irwin, Hadley
   Magnuson and Petrie
   Wilson, Margaret
   Young Bear, Ray A.

Van Buren County
   Stong, Philip Duffield

Washington County
   Hotle, Charles C.

Winneshiek County
   Dostal, W.A
-- Drexler and Shelby
   Glawe, Dennis D.
-- Hall, Lynn.
   Hutchinson, Duane
-- Schaefer and Rosen
   Schultz, Robert

Woodbury County
  
Downing, J. Hyatt
   Frederick, Michael
   Lottman, Eileen
   Martens and Rogers
   McHale, Thomas.

Iowa Literary Landscape

Editor's Forward

Preface

Introduction

Recent Project Additions

Adult Books A-F

Adult Books G-H

Adult Books I-R

Adult Books S-Z

Short Stories & Novellas

Children's Books

All Authors

All Titles

Iowa Towns

Iowa Counties

Iowa Regions

References

Appendix: Landscape Literature

Appendix: Poetry Sources

Appendix: Feature Films

Appendix: Electronic Works

Appendix: Audio Works

Appendix: Non-English Editions

Appendix: Iowa Folklore

Endnote


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