🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Desiree Cooper
Desiree Cooper is Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist that has garnered a reputation for her work in literary fiction and poetry. Cooper loves to explore issues of race and sexism. +Biography Desiree Cooper has done more traveling than most, primarily because her father was in the Air Force and his position took him all over the world. Desiree was born in Itazuke which is in Japan. Despite spending nine years in the country, Desiree Cooper never learned Japanese. She knows all the basic phrases and she can sing Japanese nursery rhymes but she cannot hold a conversation. Not that it ever bothered the author. Her father’s job meant that the family was always on the move.
All Book Series by Desiree Cooper
Blue-Tail Fly
Series opener · book 1 of 51 · published 2006 Anthology · Vievee Francis
The Women Were Leaving the Men
Book 3 of 51 · published 2007 Anthology · Andy Mozina
Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream
Book 5 of 51 · published 2008 Anthology · M.L. Liebler
The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit
Book 7 of 51 · published 2009 Anthology · Michael Zadoorian
If the World Becomes So Bright
Book 8 of 51 · published 2009 Anthology · KeithTaylor
Birth of a Notion; Or, the Half Ain't Never Been Told
Book 12 of 51 · published 2010 Anthology · Bill Harris
Voices of the Lost and Found
Book 13 of 51 · published 2010 Anthology · Dorene O'Brien
In Which Brief Stories Are Told
Book 15 of 51 · published 2011 Anthology · Phillip Sterling
At The Bureau of Divine Music
Book 16 of 51 · published 2011 Anthology · Michael Heffernan
Love/Imperfect
Book 17 of 51 · published 2011 Anthology · Christopher T. Leland
To Embroider the Ground with Prayer
Book 19 of 51 · published 2012 Anthology · Teresa J. Scollon
The World of a Few Minutes Ago
Book 20 of 51 · published 2012 Anthology · Jack Driscoll
Practicing to Walk Like a Heron
Book 23 of 51 · published 2013 Anthology · Jack Ridl
Making Callaloo in Detroit
Book 26 of 51 · published 2014 Anthology · Lolita Hernandez
Sharp Blue Search of Flame
Book 30 of 51 · published 2016 Anthology · Zilka Joseph
States of Motion
Book 32 of 51 · published 2017 Anthology · Laura Hulthen Thomas
The Lake Michigan Mermaid
Book 34 of 51 · published 2018 Anthology · Anne-Marie Oomen,Linda Nemec Foster
Eden Springs
Book 37 of 51 · published 2018 Anthology · Lola Lafon,Laura Kasischke
Welcome to Replica Dodge
Book 39 of 51 · published 2019 Anthology · Natalie Ruth Joynton
The Desk on the Sea
Book 42 of 51 · published 2019 Anthology · Jonathan Johnson
Shades: Detroit Love Stories
Book 43 of 51 · published 2019 Anthology · Esperanza M. Cintrón
You're in the Wrong Place
Book 45 of 51 · published 2020 Anthology · Joseph Harris
You Are My Joy and Pain
Book 47 of 51 · published 2020 Anthology · Naomi Long Madgett
How Other People Make Love
Book 48 of 51 · published 2021 Anthology · Thisbe Nissen
When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double
Book 49 of 51 · published 2021 Anthology · Diane Decillis
The Lake Huron Mermaid
Latest in the series · book 51 of 51 · published 2024 Anthology · Anne-Marie Oomen,Linda Nemec Foster
Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology
Book 3 of 15 · published 2015
The Indianapolis Anthology
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2021
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Desiree Cooper?
Desiree Cooper is Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist that has garnered a reputation for her work in literary fiction and poetry. Cooper loves to explore issues of race and sexism. +Biography Desiree Cooper has done more traveling than most, primarily because her father was in the Air Force and his position took him all over the world. Desiree was born in Itazuke which is in Japan.
Which Desiree Cooper series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Made in Michigan Writers series, the earliest of Desiree Cooper's multi-book series: it opens with Blue-Tail Fly (2006) and runs to 51 books across 2006–2024, ending with The Lake Huron Mermaid (2024). Desiree Cooper's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Desiree Cooper written?
Desiree Cooper has 192 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2002 and 2025. 187 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Made in Michigan Writers series with 51 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Desiree Cooper's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Desiree Cooper's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Made in Michigan Writers (2006–2024, 51 books) and Belt City Anthologies (2014–2021, 15 books).
How are Desiree Cooper's books organised into series?
This guide splits Desiree Cooper's 192 books into 3 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Made in Michigan Writers (51 books, 2006–2024); Belt City Anthologies (15 books, 2014–2021); Akashic Noir (121 books, 2002–2025).