Born: 01/19/1955   Lansing , MI
Parents: Lawrence M. and Marjorie S. Sommers
Spouse: David Winder
Children: n/a
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected]
Phone : unlisted

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Fishtown: Leland Michigan's Historic Fishery - 2013 Michigan Notable Book	Michigan History	Adult	Traverse City [Mich.] Arbutus Press/Fishtown Preservation Society	2012
	"Urban Appalachian Folklore" in The Encyclopedia of Appalachia - With Janet Langlois	Non Fiction	Adult	University of Tennessee Press	2006
	The Florida Music Train - with Cindy Kerchmar, et al. multimedia instructional unit, Florida Folklife Program	Non Fiction	Adult , Children	Florida Department of State	2002
	"The Okefenokee" and "Beaver Island" in American Musical Traditions - Jeff Todd Titon, ed.	Non Fiction	Adult	MacMillan	2001
	Beaver Island House Party (with CD)	Michigan History	Adult	East Lansing/Beaver Island [Mich.] : Michigan State University Press : Michigan State University Museum : Beaver Island Historical Society	1996
	Fiesta, fe y cultura : celebrations of faith and culture in Detroit's Colonia Mexicana / by Laurie Kay Sommers in collaboration with Casa de Unidad Cultural Arts and Media Center - Celebrations of faith and culture in Detroit's Colonia Mexicana. Detroit's Colonia Mexicana.	Michigan	Adult	Detroit, Mich. : Casa de Unidad Cultural Arts and Media Center ; East Lansing : Michigan State University Museum,	1995
	Dull Remarks on a Sharp Subject - in Festival of Michigan Folklife Program Book	Non Fiction	Adult	Michigan State University Museum	1991
	Michigan, a geography / Lawrence M. Sommers, with Joe T. Darden, Jay R. Harman, Laurie K. Sommers.	Michigan , Travel	Adult	Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press	1984
	Numerous articles in National periodicals	Non Fiction	Adult		1980 -2000
	Surveying Michigan's historic and architectural resources : a how-to-do guide - Compiled and edited by Laurie K. Sommers and Janet Kreger	Michigan History	Adult	[Lansing, Mich.] : Michigan History Division, Department of State	1980

What is the aim or goal of your writing: I attribute my success to "my parents, my education, being in the right place at the right time, a true enjoyment of cultural diversity and traditional culture." My work ethic is "take pride in your work; enjoy what you do."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Michigan Notable Book for Fishtown	2013
The American Folklore Society - Dorothy Howard Prize for The Florida Music Train.	2003

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