Loren Niemi

Loren Niemi is a poet, author and professional storyteller creating, collecting, performing, and teaching about what it means to be human with audiences of all ages in urban and rural settings. With Elizabeth Ellis he co-authored the critically acclaimed "Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories" on the value and necessity of the stories that are hard to hear and harder to tell. He also authored" The New Book of Plots", on the uses of narratives in creating oral and written stories. Its companion volume, "Point of View and the Emotional Arc of Stories" was co-authored with Nancy Donoval. His collection of non-traditional “ghost” stories, "What Haunts Us", won a 2020 Midwest Book Award for “Sci-Fi/ Horror / Fantasy / Paranormal” fiction. Loren also has published two poetry chap books "Coyote Flies Coach" and "Vote Coyote!"