Lorna landvik author biography websites

PERSONAL:

Born December 12, ; married; children: two daughters. Education: Attended University of Minnesota.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Minneapolis, MN.

CAREER:

Author.

Worked variously as an actor, as a standup comic, at a plastic utensil factory, at the Playboy Mansion, and at Atlantic Records. Has appeared with the improvisational group Dudley Riggs.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Loft McKnight Award of Distinction, for Tall Pine Polka; People's Choice Award, Minnesota Humanities Commission,

WRITINGS:

NOVELS

Patty Jane's House of Curl, Bridge Works (Bridgehampton, NY),

Your Oasis on Flame Lake, Fawcett Columbine (New York, NY), , published with Tall Pine Polka,

Tall Pine Polka, , published with Your Oasis on Flame Lake, Ballantine (New York, NY).

Welcome to the Great Mysterious, Ballantine (New York, NY),

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, Ballantine (New York, NY),

Oh My Stars, Ballantine (New York, NY),

The View from Mount Joy, Ballantine B