Leif Enger

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Leif Enger is an American author [1] who wrote the novel Peace Like a River .

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Early life

Enger was born in 1961 and was raised in Osakis, Minnesota. His parents were teachers. He attended Minnesota State University Moorhead, majoring in English and mass communication. [2]

Career

Enger worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio from 1984 until the sale of Peace Like a River . In the early 1990s, he and his older brother, Lin, writing under the pen name L.L. Enger, produced a series of mystery novels featuring a retired baseball player. [3]

His second solo novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome appeared in May 2008. [4]

In October 2018, his third novel, Virgil Wander, was published by Grove Press. [5]

His fourth novel, I Cheerfully Refuse, published April 2024, also by Grove Press.

Personal life

Enger met his wife Robin at Moorhead State. They moved to a rural farm outside Aitkin, Minnesota to raise their two sons. When his children were grown, he and his wife moved to Duluth in 2018. [6]

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References

  1. Zipp, Yvonne (April 29, 2008). "On the dusty road to redemption". The Christian Science Monitor . Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. PICKETT, MARY (2009-09-27). "Miracles key in Enger's life, literature". Billings Gazette . Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  3. "The Pedersen Novels". www.lin-enger.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  4. Enger, Leif (2009-04-01). So Brave, Young, and Handsome. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN   978-1-55584-849-1.
  5. Enger, Leif (2018-10-04). Virgil Wander. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN   978-1-4721-5446-0.
  6. Hertzel, Laurie (2018-10-04). "'Lovely, forbidding' Lake Superior inspires Minnesota novelist Leif Enger". Star Tribune . Retrieved 2024-01-25.