Carter Meland

I'm a tall, left-handed man of Irish, Norwegian, and White Earth Anishinaabe heritage. I take writing seriously, but try to do so with good humor. My novel, Stories for a Lost Child, invokes the waters of Lake Superior and the Mississippi River, and the deep woods voice of Misaabe (Bigfoot) to help my characters make sense of the problems they face in their lives. By day I teach students in American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, Duluth about the wicked smart, moving, and profound things that Native writers have to say about the world and by night I try to rise to the standards they set.

Stories for a Lost Child was named a finalist for the 2018 Minnesota Book Awards in the Novel and Short Fiction category.