Who: William Kent Kreuger
What: an evening celebrating his new Cork O'Connor mystery, Apostle's Cove
Where: Carrie Lee Elementary Auditorium
When: Saturday, 9/6 at 11:00am
Minnesota author William Kent Krueger will give an author presentation and Q&A session followed by a book signing on Saturday, September 9th at 11:00am at Carrie Lee Elementary Auditorium at 210 Vernon St. in Decorah, IA. Everyone is invited to this free event sponsored by the Oneota Valley Literary Foundation, with support from Carrie Lee Elementary and Dragonfly Books.
Some ghosts won’t stay buried—and some legends are all too real.
The New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor Mystery series—praised as “a master class in suspense and atmospheric storytelling” (The Real Book Spy)—continues as Cork revisits a haunting case from his past while confronting new and deadly threats. Just before Halloween, Cork’s son Stephen, who works to free the wrongfully imprisoned, reveals that Cork may have wrongly convicted Ojibwe man Axel Boshey for murder decades ago. Determined to uncover the truth, Cork reopens the case, but Axel refuses to help—and powerful figures in Tamarack County will do anything to keep the past buried. As danger mounts, Cork’s young grandson offers a chilling explanation: the Windigo, a legendary cannibal spirit, has returned…and it won’t leave until it’s fed.
William Kent Krueger, raised in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, attended Stanford University briefly before being expelled for political activism. He went on to work a variety of jobs—from logging and construction to journalism—before settling in Minnesota, where he researched child development and began writing. Based in St. Paul, Krueger is the award-winning author of the Cork O’Connor mystery series, set in northern Minnesota and featuring a former sheriff of Irish and Ojibwe heritage. His novels have earned numerous honors, including the Edgar, Anthony, Barry, and Minnesota Book Awards, and his last thirteen books have been New York Times bestsellers. His acclaimed stand-alone novels include Ordinary Grace (Edgar Award winner), This Tender Land, and The River We Remember, a 2023 bestseller and Edgar finalist.
This event is part of Dragonfly Books and the Oneota Valley Literary Foundation’s robust author event series, which brings top-notch writers of all genres to Northeast Iowa to lead in conversations about literature and writing. To learn more about this event and other events with Dragonfly Books, visit www.dragonflybooks.com.
If you find that you can't make it to the event but would still like to purchase any books from this author talk, give Dragonfly Books a call at 563-382-4275. Our staff will be glad to reserve a book, have it autographed for you, and shipped out as needed.
You may also like the following events from Oneota Valley Literary Foundation:
- Next Tuesday, 15th July, 07:00 pm, Frank Bures | Pushing the River | Reading, Q&A, and Signing! in Decorah
- This month, 25th July, 01:00 pm, Kathleen Ernst | A Most Perilous Journey | Reading, Q&A, and Signing! in Decorah
- This month, 27th July, 04:00 pm, Unbound: A Form-Free Writing Group featuring Tamara Dean in Decorah
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