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Books by Kossacks

Tue May 13, 2008 at 05:07:14 PM PDT

For a while now I've been keeping a list of books that have been published by members of our community.  Originally I just posted this list to to the diary series What Are You Reading and Bookflurries but it has grown into its own diary series.  You might be surprised to find out which of your favorite authors is also posting here.  You also may be pleased to discover that some of your favorite diarists and commenters have even more for you to read.

This week, in addition to the sub-list of Kossacks-Once-Removed (authors who are relatives of Kossacks) I've added two more sub-lists: Former Kossacks (those who have not posted anything here in well over six months) and Celebrity Kossack Authors (authors who are well known outside this community and who rarely interact here outside their own diaries).  If you know of anyone who is missing from any of these lists, post a comment or send me email.  I'm happy to post an author's information anonymously (i.e., without the dKos ID) if that is what the author prefers.

OK, without further ado, check below for the complete (so far) lists.

(Mostly) Fiction
Henry Baum (Ash Tree): Oscar Caliber Gun and North of Sunset
Clare Bell: Ratha's Creature and sequels
Dan Blair (fink): The Spoon (self-published)
David Brin (David Brin): many books, including award winning science fiction and non-fiction
Bruce Coville (Audio Guy): many books for children, including Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Steve Cross (Kimball Cross): Discarded Faces
Richard Davidson (mellowinman): Welcome to Percotran (self-published)
John De Herrera (john de herrera): The Kingsnake in the Sun (self-published)
Judith R. Thompson Devlin (roseeriter): Several political thrillers and also some non-fiction books on scleroderma
Summer Devon (katier): several steamy romances
James T. Downey (Shadan7): Communion of Dreams (self-published and available for free download)
Molly Dwyer (Circle): Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein
Michael Ehart (IsraelHand): The Servant of the Manthycore
Kathleen Eschenburg (keschen): Seen by Moonlight and The Nightingale's Song
Benjamin Grossberg (claytonben): two books of poetry
Leigh Grossman (Swordsmith): most recently a pair of fantasy books and an older eclectic mix of other fiction and nonfiction
Brent Hartinger (BrentHartinger): several books for young adults
Kelly McCullough (KMc): several science fiction books, his newest Codespell is coming soon
Joe McGinniss, Jr (joemcginnissjr): The Delivery Man
David Seth Michaels (davidseth): The Dream Antilles
David Mizner (david mizner): Political Animal and Hartsburg, USA
R. Scott Peoples (Unitary Moonbat): Crusade of Kings (just released)
D. M. Read (Diana in NoVa): Layoffs
Kate Rothwell (katier): several historical romances
Melissa Schroeder (melthewriter): several steamy romances
Karen Schwabach (SensibleShoes): several books for children, including The Hope Chest (just released)
Ray St. Louis (kuulray): The Road Dog Diary
Mark Sumner (Devilstower): several books, including Devil's Tower
Edward G. Talbot (eparrot): New World Orders (self-published, audiobook available for free download)
Wil Wheaton (CleverNickName): Dancing Barefoot and Just a Geek


Non-Fiction
Aaron Barlow (AaronBa): an eclectic mix of books on blogging, CDs and WW I
Isaac Bonewits (ibonewits): a mix of books on magic and paganism
Edward J. Branley (YatPundit): New Orleans (Images of America)
cosmic debris and decembersue: edited Art in a Liberal Frame (self-published, now out of print)
Pam J. Crabtree and Douglas V. Campana (blue jersey mom and blue jersey dad): several books on Archeology
Jeffrey Feldman (Jeffrey Feldman): Framing the Debate and Outright Barbarous (just released)
Brandon Friedman (Brandon Friedman, was The Angry Rakkasan): The War I Always Wanted
Michael D. Giardina (ziggy): several books, including Contesting Empire, Globalizing Dissent: Cultural Studies after 9/11
Steve Gimbel (SteveG): The Grateful Dead and Philosophy
John Gorenfeld (johngorenfeld): Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom
David B. Gowler (dbg): several books on religion and history
Peter Henry (Mi Corazon): Becoming Mr. Henry
David L. Jarman (Crisitunity): co-author of Washington Real Estate Fundamentals and other real estate law books
Charles Kelly (RepackRider): Richard's Mountain Bike Book
Alan Kotok (RunnerAlan): two books on electronic business
Bill McKibben (Bill McKibben): several books, including Fight Global Warming Now
Kate McKinnon (kate mckinnon): several books on art (self-published)
Ilona Meagher (ilona): Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops
Joseph Miller (Yosef 52): On High School Teaching: A Guide for the New and Relatively Clueless (self-published)
Markos Moulitsas (kos): Crashing the Gate
Maryanne Nasiatka (Cordelia Lear): Michigan Breweries (with Paul Ruschmann)
Robert Paehlkee (global citizen): several books on Environmentalism and Politics
Jonathan Rees: several books on the American labor movement, including Managing the Mills
Hillary Rettig (lifelongactivist): Lifelong Activist
Paul Ruschmann (Dump Terry McAuliffe): many books, including several in the Point/Counterpoint series
Jeff Sharlet (Ishmael): The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power (coming soon)
Dirk von der Horst (dirkster42): contributed the essay "Precarious Pleasures" in Progressive Rock Reconsidered
John M. Wagner (EquationDoc): Computational Cell Biology
Mitzi Waltz: several books on autism and other neuropsychiatric conditions for patients and their families
John Wennersten (mecki): The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay
Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel): Anatomy of Deceit
John K. Wilson (JohnKWilson): several books, including his newest Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest
Lesley Wischmann (kainah): Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' Among the Blackfeet


Celebrity Kossack Authors Diary-Only Kossacks (those who almost never comment outside their own diaries) [UPDATE: I changed the name of this category to reduce confusion]
Will Bunch (attytood): The News Fix: Ink-Stained Wretches and Rabble Rousers Reviving American Media (available soon)
Frederick Clarkson (Frederick Clarkson): wrote the introduction to Steeplejacking: How the Christian Right Is Hijacking Mainstream Religion
Michael Connery (Michael Connery): Youth to Power: How Today's Young Voters Are Building Tomorrow's Progressive Majority (just released)
Tom De Luca (tdeluca): Liars! Cheaters! Evildoers!: Demonization and the End of Civil Debate in American Politics
Jim Derych (advisorjim): Confessions of a Former Dittohead
Jim Hightower (Jim Hightower): Several political commentary books
John Kerry (John Kerry):  several books, including his newest This Moment on Earth
Greg Mitchell (GregMitch): several books, including So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits--And the President--Failed on Iraq
Keith Olbermann (Keith Olbermann): several books, including his newest Truth and Consequences: Special Comments on the Bush Administration's War on American Values
David Sirota (davidsirota): contributions to several books plus his own book Hostile Takeover: How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government--And How We Take It Back
Eric Zencey (Eric Zencey): Panama and Virgin Forest: Meditations on History, Ecology, and Culture


Former Kossacks (those who haven't posted in well over six months)
Marion Nestle (Marion Nestle): several books on food production, including What to Eat
Terry Olson (BostonJoe): Direct Actions and Skinny Berry (just relased)


Kossacks-Once-Removed (authors who are relatives of Kossacks)
Dorothy Gray (Grassroots Mom's mother): Women of the West
Clane Hayward (claude's daughter): The Hypocrisy of Disco: A Memoir
John Luck (jimraff's father): Diamonds of Death
Jennifer Weiner (Adam B's wife): many novels, including her newest Certain Girls (just released!)
Herman Wouk (josephwouk's dad): many well known novels, including The Caine Mutiny and The Winds of War

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