<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Good morning everyone,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I just wanted to send out the responses and resources that we recommended to me yesterday in regards to Michigan Author Resources. Here is the list of suggestions:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Michigan Notable Authors from the Library of
Michigan</p>
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</span></span><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88854_90002---,00.html" style="color:blue">https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88854_90002---,00.html</a></p>
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</span></span>2019 Michigan Notable Books!</p>
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</span></span><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88854_90002-486650--,00.html" style="color:blue">https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88854_90002-486650--,00.html</a></p>
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</span></span>Michigan Authors and Illustrators Database from
the Library of Michigan</p>
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</span></span><a href="http://libraryofmichigan.state.mi.us/authors/home" style="color:blue">http://libraryofmichigan.state.mi.us/authors/home</a></p>
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</span></span>Fantastic Fiction</p>
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</span></span><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/" style="color:blue">https://www.fantasticfiction.com</a></p>
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</span></span>Wikipedia List of Michigan Writers</p>
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</span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michigan_writers#Fiction" style="color:blue">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michigan_writers#Fiction</a></p>
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</span></span>Popular Michigan Authors Books from Goodreads</p>
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</span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/michigan-authors" style="color:blue">https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/michigan-authors</a></p>
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</span></span>Society of Children’s Books Writers and
Illustrators</p>
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</span></span><a href="https://www.scbwi.org/speakers-bureau/?speaker_name=&book_title=&role=®=761&zip=&radius=&book_topics=" style="color:blue">https://www.scbwi.org/speakers-bureau/?speaker_name=&book_title=&role=®=761&zip=&radius=&book_topics=</a></p>
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</span></span>Lenawee District Library’s example of their
local author search term</p>
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</span></span><a href="http://lenawee.polarislibrary.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=5.1033.0.0.1&type=Keyword&term=local%20author&by=KW&sort=RELEVANCE&limit=TOM=*&query=&page=0&searchid=1" style="color:blue">http://lenawee.polarislibrary.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=5.1033.0.0.1&type=Keyword&term=local%20author&by=KW&sort=RELEVANCE&limit=TOM=*&query=&page=0&searchid=1</a></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 1in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 1in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you again to everyone who responded, especially <span style="font-size:11pt">Cherie Edmonds, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Josh Olsen, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Jan Gillis, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Judy Murray, A</span><span style="font-size:11pt">lan Naldrett, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Danielle Leithauser, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Shutta Crum, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Lindsey Sanford, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Arleen Wood, and </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Tim Gleisner.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 1in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 1in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thanks again everyone!</p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Adrianne M. Schinkai</font></div><div><ul><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Head of Reference and Circulation Services</font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Vicksburg District Library, Vicksburg, MI</font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:aschinkai@vicksburglibrary.org" target="_blank">Work Email</a> </font></li><li><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:amschinkai@gmail.com" target="_blank">Personal Email</a> </font></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amschinkai/" target="_blank">LinkedIn Account</a></li></ul></div><div><font size="4" color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">----------------------------</font></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=15Sxpv66I7F_3iQ7mM3CoSNdCzu0a3AMy&revid=0B3CEyBU2lC-GTW9JdVFGcDFhMHpOamlEVjg2OFhRNXd5YlE0PQ" width="200" height="63"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>