Gloria Whelan is a poet, novelist, and short-story writer for children. She has won the National Book Award for her novel Homeless Bird. Her books include many historical fiction novels, including a trilogy set on Mackinac Island and a quartet series set in communist Russia. Whelan graduated from the University of Michigan and lives with her husband on Oxbow Lake in northern Michigan.
Works
- Parade of Shadows (2007)
- Yatandou (2007)
- Summer of the War (2006)
- The Turning (2006)
- Listening for Lions (2005)
- Chu Ju's House (2004)
- Burying the Sun (2004)
- The Impossible Journey (2003)
- A Haunted House in Starvation Lake (2003)
- Are There Bears in Starvation Lake? (2002)
- The Wanigan: A Life on the River (2002)
- Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect (2002)
- Rich and Famous in Starvation Lake (2001)
- Angel on the Square (2001)
- Homeless Bird (2000)
- Once on this Island
- Farewell to the Island (1999)
- Silver (1998)
- Return to the Island
- Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky (1998)
- The Shadow of the Wolf (1997)
- Miranda's Last Stand
- Night of the Full Moon (1996)
- The Indian School (1996)
- Goodbye, Vietnam (1992)
- Hannah (1991)
- Playing With Shadows (1988)
- Next Spring an Oriole (1987)
