Life and career
Kling grew up in Osseo, Minnesota, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. He began his career in the Twin Cities during the 1990s with two plays that wrote: 21A and Fear and Loving in Minneapolis. [1]
In 1993, Kling won the Whiting Award for drama. [2] In 2009, he won the A. P. Anderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literature and the Arts in Minnesota. [3]
Kling has also made regular storytelling contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered . He has released several CD collections, including a boxed set, Collected Stories. His first published book of short stories was The Dog Says How followed by four more titles.
Kling has not been slowed in his work by a birth defect that shriveled his left arm and a motorcycle accident that completely paralyzed his right arm. [1]
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