Several authors use the title "Lost Boys," including Orson Scott Card and crime writer Faye Kellerman. But I want to talk about real lost boys–male…
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I’m a writer from the upper Midwest. I live in northern Minnesota on the Mississippi River not from its headwaters. I’ve published novels with Farrar Straus and Giroux, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and have had two film adaptations. I lead both an outdoor and a literary life. In 2011 I was a fiction judge for the National Book Awards, but I also love hiking and exploring (Norway photo above). If you’re a reader or writer on your own path, thanks for visiting my site. You’ll find fiction and nonfiction for adults and young adults. If you enjoy the conversation of a literary life, take a look at my blog, “In The Write.”
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February 21st, 2022
Several authors use the title "Lost Boys," including Orson Scott Card and crime writer Faye Kellerman. But I want to talk about real lost boys–male…
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