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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1981
  • Latest Book:
    September 2020
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Book List in Order: 7 titles





  • These transcendent, lyrical essays on the West announced Gretel Ehrlich as a major American writer -- “Wyoming has found its Whitman” (Annie Dillard). Poet and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich went to Wyoming in 1975 to make the first in a series of docu...



  • A “dazzling first novel” about Japanese Americans and their Wyoming neighbors in the era of WWII internment camps (Chicago Tribune). A renowned chronicler of life in the West, Gretel Ehrlich turns her talents to a moment in history when American ...



  • Ten essays on nature, ritual, and philosophy “that are so point-blank vital you nearly need to put the book down to settle yourself” (San Francisco Chronicle). Gretel Ehrlich’s world is one of solitude and wonder, pain and beauty, and these ele...



  • "Ehrlich ventures confidently into new terrain in her eloquent and affecting debut children's novel. [Her] prose, as pristine and spare as her snow-covered landscape, portrays the quiet drama of the changing seasons -- in both their consistency and u...



  • Drinking Dry Clouds is Gretel Ehrlich's storytelling in full swing. This inspired collection opens during World War II with the stories of cowboys, waitresses, and bartenders along with Japanese Americans interned at Wyoming’s Heart Mountain. Many ...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gretel Ehrlich has published 7 books.

Gretel Ehrlich does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Early Morning at the Bird Cafe, was published in September 2020.

The first book by Gretel Ehrlich, To Touch the Water, was published in March 1981.

No. Gretel Ehrlich does not write books in series.