This February, William Kent Krueger will be visiting St. Peter to discuss his Cork O’Connor mystery series. Beginning with Iron Lake (1998), Kruger introduced an Irish-Anishinaabe former sheriff of Tamarack County, Minnesota, who gets involved in a stormy case just as a blizzard is bearing down on his rural community. The eighth book in the series, Red Knife, has just been released. Read an excerpt.
William Kent Krueger’s work has received a number of awards including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. He composes his books at the St. Clair Broiler in St. Paul.
Kent will visit St. Peter on February 10th. He will meet with students at Gustavus Adolphus College at the Couryard Cafe at 2:30 p.m. From 4:30 to 5:30 he will be signing books at the St. Peter Library. At 7:30 p.m. he wil speak at Trinity Lutheran Church. All events are free and open to the public.
Tags: Iron Lake, mysteries, Red Knife, William Kent Krueger
