Laurel Means, known as the “Green Prairie Trails” writer, finds her inspiration in the stories and imagery of the Minnesota prairies and her own French-Canadian background. A former professor of writing, literature, and linguistics, her enthusiasm for writing is reflected in her skillful use of language and in-depth characters who shape her tightly woven plots. In addition to her first novel, The Long Journey Home, she has recently published two young adult historical novels, Wagon Trail to Nowhere andRunes Beyond the Edge, both set on the prairies, with sequels forthcoming. She has also published in the areas of drama, short fiction, and inspirational material. She lives with her extended family in Chaska, Minnesota, along with an extended animal family of three cats and two dogs.

Books by Laurel Means

Whispers Through the House

by Laurel Means

Wagon Trail to Nowhere

by Laurel Means

The Long Journey Home: A Novel of the Post-Civil War Plains

by Laurel Means

This epic saga begins when a war-weary homesteader returns home with his injured son after the Civil War, to discover that his wife has passed away, his only daughter has gone, and his land is impoverished beyond repair. After his two sons decide to leave and make good on their own, Henry Morton receives an unexpected land grant from the U.S. government.