William Kent Krueger

Krueger worked across writer, novelist, journalist and crime fiction writer. The registers place that work in crime literature. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

William Kent Krueger studied at Stanford University. The recorded working language is American English and English. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing and detective literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are crime. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Paul. Works named in the authority record are Ordinary Grace. Distinctions recorded are Anthony Award for Best First Novel, Edgar Awards, Anthony Award for Best Novel and Dilys Award.

• Name — William Kent Krueger • Born — 16 November 1950 • Birthplace — Torrington, Wyoming, U.S. • Occupation — Novelist • Period — 1998–present • Genre — Mystery, crime fiction • Subject — Minnesota, Native American Indian Tribes, Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) • Notable Works — Iron Lake, Cork O'Connor Series • Website — http: www.williamkentkrueger.com

Krueger has said he wanted to be a writer since the third grade, when his story "The Walking Dictionary" was praised by his teacher and parents. He attended Stanford University, but his academic path was cut short when he came into conflict with the university's administration during student protests in 1970. Throughout his early life, he supported himself by logging timber, digging ditches, working in construction, and publishing as a freelance journalist; he never stopped writing. He wrote short stories and sketches for many years but did not finish the manuscript of his first novel, Iron Lake, until he was 40. It won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, the Barry Award for Best First Novel, the Minnesota Book Award, and the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award. Krueger is married and has two children. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

When Krueger decided to set the series in northern Minnesota, he realized that a large percentage of the population was of mixed ancestry. In college, he had wanted to become a cultural anthropologist; he became intrigued by researching the Ojibwe culture and weaving the information into his books. His books are set in and around Native American reservations. The main character, Cork O'Connor, is part Ojibwe and part Irish. Krueger has read the first Ojibwe historian, William Whipple Warren, as well as Gerald Vizenor and Basil Johnston. He has also read novels by Louise Erdrich and Jim Northrup. Krueger began to meet Ojibwe people because of his interest in their culture. Krueger believes that the sense of place is made resonant by the actions and emotions of the characters within it. He calls it "a dynamic bond that has the potential to heighten the drama of every scene."

• Iron Lake • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (1998), • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, paperback (1999), • Recorded Books (2010), • Boundary Waters • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (1999), • Recorded Books (2010), • Purgatory Ridge • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2001), • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, paperback (20028, • Recorded Books (2010), • Blood Hollow • Atria, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2004), • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, paperback (2005), • Mercy Falls • Atria, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2005), • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, paperback (2006), • Copper River • Atria, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2006), • Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster, paperback (2007), • Thunder Bay • Atria, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2007), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2009), • Red Knife • Atria Books, hardcover (2008), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2009), • Heaven's Keep • Atria Books, hardcover (2009), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2010), • Vermilion Drift • Atria Books, hardcover (2010), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2011), • Northwest Angle • Atria Books, hardcover (2011), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2012), • Trickster's Point • Atria Books, hardcover (2012), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2013), • Tamarack County • Atria Books, hardcover (2013), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2014), • Windigo Island • Atria Books, hardcover (2014), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2015), • Manitou Canyon • Atria Books, hardcover (2016), • Atria Books, trade paperback (2017), • Sulfur Springs • Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, Hardcover (2017), • Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, Trade Paperback (2018), • Desolation Mountain • Atria Books (2018), • Lightning Strike • Atria Books (2021), • Fox Creek • Atria Books (2022), ISBN 978-1982128715 • Spirit Crossing • Atria Books (2024),

• The Devil's Bed • Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2003), • Pocket Star paperback (2003) • Ordinary Grace • Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2013), • Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, trade paperback (2014), • This Tender Land • Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2019), • The River We Remember • Atria Books, Simon & Schuster, hardcover (2023), ISBN 978-1-9821-7921-2

• "Before Swine" in The Silence of the Loons, Nodin Press (soft cover, 2005) • "Hixton" in Crimes By Moonlight, Berkley Publishing (ebook, 2010) • "Bums" in USA Noir, Akashic Books (soft cover, 2013)

William Kent Krueger is recorded with the occupation crime fiction writer. Classed in the genre crime literature. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 15078290k. Established in Library of Congress under no98101328. Recorded as writer, novelist and journalist. Established in FAST under 421316. Recognition and collections. Krueger received Anthony Award for Best First Novel, Edgar Awards, Anthony Award for Best Novel, Dilys Award, Barry Award for Best First Novel and Barry Award for Best Novel.

Krueger has said his favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird. He grew up reading Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James T. Farrell. Most influential among these was Hemingway. In an interview for Shots magazine, Krueger described his admiration for Hemingway's prose: His prose is clean, his word choice perfect, his cadence precise and powerful. He wastes nothing. In Hemingway, what's not said is often the whole point of a story. I like that idea, leaving the heart off the page so that the words, the prose itself, is the first thing to pierce you. Then the meaning comes. As a mystery genre writer, Krueger credits Tony Hillerman and James Lee Burke as his strongest influences.

How William Kent Krueger was received and recognised. Krueger received Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 1999. Krueger received Barry Award for Best Novel in 2014. Krueger received Macavity Awards in 2014. Krueger received Dilys Award in 2008.