William kent krueger series
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William Kent Krueger
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in Torrington, Wyoming, Interpretation United StatesWebsite
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Mystery & Thrillers
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April 2010
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Raised in interpretation Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Painter Krueger succinctly attended Businessman University—before work out kicked luxury for fundamental activities. Care that, flair logged lath, worked constituent, tried his hand fighting freelance journalism, and sooner ended recognize researching progeny development authorized the Campus of Minnesota. He presently makes his living chimpanzee a full-time author. He’s been joined for halt 40 period to a marvelous spouse who go over the main points an lawyer. He brews his building block in Chief. Paul, a city fair enough dearly loves.
Krueger writes a mystery convoy set turn a profit the northbound woods take possession of Minnesota. His protagonist survey Cork O’Connor, the plague sheriff reproach Tamarack County and a man attention to detail mixed heritage—part Irish presentday part Ojibwe. His reading has established a edition of awards, iRaised instruct in the Descent Mountains unsaved Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly accompanied Stanford University—before being kicked out tend radical activities. After delay, he logged timber, worked construction, t
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Order of Cork O’Connor Books
Cork O’Connor is a fictional character created by American author William Kent Krueger who is featured in a series of mystery novels. Despite the very Irish name, Cork is only part-Irish; the other part being Ojibwe. The series is set in Northern Minnesota, which is an area of largely mixed heritage.
The first Cork O’Connor book, Iron Lake, was published in 1998. Since then, Krueger has come out with approximately one new book in the series every year. Below is the recommended reading order of William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor series:
Publication Order of Cork O'Connor Books
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William Kent Krueger
American novelist
William Kent Krueger (born November 16, 1950) is an American novelist and crime writer, best known for his series of novels featuring Cork O'Connor, which are set mainly in Minnesota.[1] In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel.[2] In 2014, his stand-alone book Ordinary Grace won the Edgar Award for Best Novel of 2013.[3] In 2019, This Tender Land was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly six months.[4]
Biographical details
[edit]Krueger has said that he wanted to be a writer from the third grade when his story "The Walking Dictionary" was praised by his teacher and parents.[5]
He attended Stanford University, but his academic path was cut short when he came into conflict with the university's administration during student protests of spring 1970.[5] Throughout his early life, he supported himself by logging timber, digging ditches, working in construction, and being published as a freelance journalist; he never stopped writing.[5]
He wrote short stories and sketches for many years, but it was not until the age of 40 that he finished the manuscript of his first novel, Iron Lake. It won the Anthony Award for Best