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William Kent Krueger [1950-0] American
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William Kent Krueger is an American author and crime writer, best known for his Cork O'Connor series of books, which are set mainly in Minnesota, USA. In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel. In 2014, his stand-alone book Ordinary Grace won the Edgar Award for Best Novel of 2013.


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Readers anticipate that a significant element of every story will be additional exposure to the ways of the Ojibwe. The truth is that I enjoy this aspect of the work. Although I have no Indian blood running through my veins, in college I prepared to be a cultural anthropologist, so exploring other cultures is exciting to me.
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Write because you love the work, not because of what might come from it. The journey is the purpose. Very Zen-like, I know, but honest to God it's the truth. And I have never had to deal with writer's block. Knock on wood.
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When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.
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'Ordinary Grace' freed me. I don't have to write only Cork O'Connor novels now. I'm liberated. I can write whatever I want to write.
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I think that whether we acknowledge it or not, our opinions as authors always influence our work. How can they not?
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I don't know any real billionaires.
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