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Will Weaver
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Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Genre	Young Adult, Fantasy, Baseball

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Will Weaver, (born William Weller in Park Rapids, Minnesota in 1950), is an American author.[1] His debut was Red Earth, White Earth, about a native Minnesotan returning to his home town due to conflicts between white farmers and local Native Americans. It was made into a CBS-TV movie in 1989. His 1989 short story collection, A Gravestone Made of Wheat and Other Stories, won many awards, including the Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. The title story was produced in 2006 as the independent feature film Sweet Land, featuring Ned Beatty (who summers in Karlstad, Minnesota^{[citation needed]}).

Weaver has also written many stories for young adults, including the Billy Baggs baseball novels. These include Striking Out, Farm Team, and Hard Ball. He has also written Memory Boy, Claws, Full Service, and Defect. Saturday Night Dirt, the first of a series on dirt-racers, is forthcoming in 2008.

In Weaver's youth, he enjoyed fishing and participating in sports (he was the captain of his high school basketball team).[2] He had a wild side; at 16 years of age, he once finished second in a demolition derby).[3]

In addition to writing, Weaver became a creative-writing teacher at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota.[4] He resides in the Bemidji area with his wife Rose, who is currently a professor at Bemidji State, and his teenage children.^{[citation needed]}

Here is the link to Will Weaver's Official Website, [5] including links to his writer's blog and a blog for his forthcoming racing series.

Bibliography

Novels and novellas

Saturday Night Dirt (2008)
Defect (2007)
Full Service (2005)
Claws (2003)
Memory Boy (2001)
Hard Ball (1998)
Farm Team (1995)
Striking Out (1993)
Red Earth, White Earth (1986)

Short story collections

Sweet Land (2006)
A Gravestone Made of Wheat and Other Stories (1989)
WWJD

Nonfiction

Barns of Minnesota (with Doug Ohman) (2005)

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 '''Will Weaver''', (born William Weller in [[Park Rapids, Minnesota|Park Rapids]], [[Minnesota]] in [[1950]]), is an [[United States|American]] author.[http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1699/Weaver-Will-iam-Weller-1950.html] His debut was ''[[Red Earth, White Earth (book)|Red Earth, White Earth]]'', about a native Minnesotan returning to his home town due to conflicts between white farmers and local [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s. It was made into a [[CBS-TV]] movie in [[1989]]. His 1989 [[short story]] collection, ''A Gravestone Made of Wheat and Other Stories'', won many awards, including the Minnesota Book Award for [[Fiction]]. The title story was produced in [[2006]] as the independent feature film ''[[Sweet Land]]'', featuring [[Ned Beatty]] (who summers in [[Karlstad, Minnesota]]{{Fact|date=June 2007}}).
 Weaver has also written many stories for [[young adult]]s, including the Billy Baggs [[baseball]] novels. These include ''Striking Out'', ''Farm Team'', and ''Hard Ball''. He has also written ''Memory Boy'', ''Claws'', ''Full Service,'' and ''Defect.'' ''Saturday Night Dirt,'' the first of a series on dirt-racers, is forthcoming in 2008.
 In Weaver's youth, he enjoyed fishing and participating in sports (he was the captain of his high school [[basketball]] team).[http://www.authors4teens.com/gallery.jsp?authorid=wweaver] He had a wild side; at 16 years of age, he once finished second in a [[demolition derby]]).[http://www.authors4teens.com/gallery.jsp?authorid=wweaver]
 In addition to writing, Weaver became a creative-writing teacher at [[Bemidji State University]] in [[Bemidji, Minnesota]].[http://cal.bemidjistate.edu/EnglishClub/Weaver.html] He resides in the Bemidji area with his wife Rose, who is currently a [[professor]] at Bemidji State, and his teenage children.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
 Here is the link to Will Weaver's Official Website,
 [http://www.willweaverbooks.com] including links to his writer's blog and a blog for his forthcoming racing series.
 == Bibliography ==
 ===Novels and novellas===
-*''Saturday Night Dirt'' ([[2008]])
+* ''Saturday Night Dirt'' ([[2008]])
-*''Defect'' ([[2007]])
+* ''Defect'' ([[2007]])
-*''Full Service'' ([[2005]])
+* ''Full Service'' ([[2005]])
-*''Claws'' ([[2003]])
+* ''Claws'' ([[2003]])
-*''Memory Boy'' ([[2001]])
+* ''Memory Boy'' ([[2001]])
-*''Hard Ball'' ([[1998]])
+* ''Hard Ball'' ([[1998]])
-*''Farm Team'' ([[1995]])
+* ''Farm Team'' ([[1995]])
-*''Striking Out'' ([[1993]])
+* ''Striking Out'' ([[1993]])
-*''[[Red Earth, White Earth (book)|Red Earth, White Earth]]'' ([[1986]])
+* ''[[Red Earth, White Earth (book)|Red Earth, White Earth]]'' ([[1986]])
 ===Short story collections===
-*''Sweet Land'' ([[2006]])
+* ''Sweet Land'' ([[2006]])
-*''A Gravestone Made of Wheat and Other Stories'' ([[1989]])
+* ''A Gravestone Made of Wheat and Other Stories'' ([[1989]])
-*''WWJD''
+* ''WWJD''
 ===Nonfiction===
-*''Barns of Minnesota'' (with Doug Ohman) ([[2005]])
+* ''Barns of Minnesota'' (with Doug Ohman) ([[2005]])
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