Erdrich, [Karen] Louise

1954 - Born on the 7th of June in Little Falls, Minnesota, United States.

1972 - She attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.

1979 - She graduated with her Master of Arts degree in creative writing from John Hopkins
           University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

1981 - She married Michael Dorris.

1982 - Her story "The World’s Greatest Fisherman" was awarded the $5,000 Nelson Algren
           Prize for short fiction.

1984 - She published the novel Love Medicine, and the book was awarded the National Book
           Critics Circle Award.

1995 - She and her husband Dorris unsuccessfully pursued a court case against their son
           Jeffrey Sava, who had accused them both of child abuse.

1998 - She produced five novels.