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New York Times Bestselling Author William Kent Krueger will visit the Marshalltown Public Library on Saturday, November 4 at 2:00pm for a book talk and signing.
Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. He currently makes his living as a full-time author. He’s been married for over 40 years to a marvelous woman who is a retired attorney. He makes his home in St. Paul, a city he dearly loves.
Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last eleven novels were all New York Times bestsellers.
His most recent release is a standalone novel called The River We Remember, which was published on September 5, 2023. The novel takes place in 1958 in a small town in Minnesota, which is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen.
Beaverdale Books will have books for sale for the signing after the presentation.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Marshalltown Public Library and the Pioneer Heritage Library in LeGrand and is free and open to the public. Contact the library’s Information Desk for more information at 641-754-5738 ext. 4.