10,000 Lakes: Tales from the North Country

by William Kent Krueger

This is a large-format book, with a color wrap-around dust jacket. The book is 240 pages in length. Includes 15 short stories, 2 of which are original to this anthology, along with 5 non-fiction essays. Introduction by Steve Hamilton; afterword by Libby Fischer Hellmann. 55 full page illustrations plus a wrap-around dust jacket by award winning illustrator Phil Parks. All copies are signed by all of the contributors: William Kent Krueger, Steve Hamilton, Libby Fischer Hellmann, and Phil Parks. Limited to 300 copies.

Genres: Short Stories

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Raised in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, William Kent Krueger briefly attended Stanford University—before being kicked out for radical activities. After that, he logged timber, worked construction, tried his hand at freelance journalism, and eventually ended up researching child development at the University of Minnesota. He currently makes his living as a full-time author. He’s been married for over 40 years to a marvelous woman who is an attorney. He makes his home in St. Paul, a city he dearly loves.

Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota. His protagonist is Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage—part Irish and part Ojibwe. His work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, the Barry Award, the Dilys Award, and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last five novels were all New York Times bestsellers.

"Ordinary Grace," his stand-alone novel published in 2013, received the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition for the best novel published in that year. "Windigo Island," number fourteen in his Cork O’Connor series, was released in August 2014.

Reviews

[Andy Plonka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short fiction is a whole different ball game than the novel but Krueger proves here that he does both well.