Leif Enger
Leif Enger is an American author[1] who wrote the novel Peace Like a River.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]Enger worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio from 1984 until the sale of Peace Like a River, which won awards including the Alex Award from the American Library Association.[3] 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.[4]
His second solo novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome appeared in May 2008.[5]
In October 2018, his third novel, Virgil Wander, was published by Grove Press.[6]
His fourth novel, I Cheerfully Refuse, published April 2024, also by Grove Press.
Personal life
[edit]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.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ PICKETT, MARY (2009-09-27). "Miracles key in Enger's life, literature". Billings Gazette. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "Peace like a River | ALA". www.ala.org. Archived from the original on 2025-08-06. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ↑ "The Pedersen Novels". www.lin-enger.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ Enger, Leif (2009-04-01). So Brave, Young, and Handsome. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN 978-1-55584-849-1.
- ↑ Enger, Leif (2018-10-04). Virgil Wander. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-5446-0.
- ↑ Hertzel, Laurie (2018-10-04). "'Lovely, forbidding' Lake Superior inspires Minnesota novelist Leif Enger". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
External links
[edit]- Official site
- Bookpage Interview (2001)
- Writers & Books Interview (2004)
- Novelists from Minnesota
- American male novelists
- Living people
- 1961 births
- People from Douglas County, Minnesota
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American male writers
- Minnesota State University Moorhead alumni
- Minnesota Public Radio people