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William Kent Krueger

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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 an 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, i
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Eden on Earth

A couple of days ago, I returned from spending some time in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). It’s been a while since I had the opportunity to return to that particular Eden on earth. I was there as part of a program offered by Wilderness Inquiry, a well-established organization devoted to making wilderness areas accessible to everyone. It was billed as a reader’s retreat with Wil

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This Tender Land

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Ordinary Grace

4.27 avg rating — 168,429 ratings — published 2013 — 54 editions
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The River We Remember

4.28 avg rating — 74,036 ratings — published 2023
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Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)

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Lightning Strike (Cork O’Co...

4.27 avg rating — 27,292 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions
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Boundary Waters (Cork O'Con...

4.11 avg rating — 27,629 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions
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Purgatory Ridge (Cork O'Con...

4.17 avg rating — 21,440 ratings — published 2001 — 28 editions
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Blood Hollow (Cork O'Connor...

4.19 avg rating — 18,281 ratings — published 2004 — 29 editions
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Fox Creek (Cork O’Connor, #19)

4.21 avg rating — 15,964 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions
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Thunder Bay (Cork O'Connor,...

4.26 avg rating — 15,626 ratings — published 2007 — 34 editions
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“The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.”
William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

“The miracle is this: that you will rise in the morning and be able to see again the startling beauty of the day.”
William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

“I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.”
William Kent Krueger, Iron Lake

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