Ever since then, you have stayed there and set most of your books in Minnesota. Q: From your bio, I learned that you moved to Minnesota for your wife’s law school. I play lots of tennis, walk with my wife, and read, read, read!

I'm an avid biker, and I live in a city (St. William Kent Krueger: I don't get asked this often, so thank you. Q: What are some of your favorite things to do when you’re not writing?

Here is the unabridged transcript of the event: The conversation also explored his love for Minnesota and writing, the spiritual struggles & conflicts at the heart of his stories, how he thinks the readership of mystery novels is evolving, and several other interesting topics. We also talked to him about This Tender Land, his most recent novel, which tells the unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the mighty Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.

Kent joined us for AMA last week, during which he revealed that he's working on a prequel to the Cork O'Connor series. The last nine novels in the Cork O’Connor series have all been New York Times bestsellers. His work has received the Edgar Award, Macavity Award, multiple Anthony, Barry, and Dilys Awards, the Friends of the American Writers Prize, and has been translated into more than twenty languages. William Kent Krueger is the author of the New York Times bestselling & multiple award-winning Cork O’Connor mystery series, seventeen novels set in the great Northwoods of Minnesota.

This tender land book