Leif Enger
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{{for|the Norwegian actor|Leif Enger (actor)}}Leif Enger is an American author{{cite news |last=Zipp |first=Yvonne |date=April 29, 2008 |title=On the dusty road to redemption |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2008/0429/p13s03-bogn.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201232557/https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2008/0429/p13s03-bogn.html |archive-date=2011-02-01 |accessdate=20 June 2011 |work=The Christian Science Monitor}} who wrote the novel Peace Like a River.
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.{{Cite web |last=PICKETT |first=MARY |date=2009-09-27 |title=Miracles key in Enger's life, literature |url=https://billingsgazette.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/miracles-key-in-enger-s-life-literature/article_dc9610e0-aa2a-11de-b1df-001cc4c002e0.html |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Billings Gazette |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |title=The Pedersen Novels |url=https://www.lin-enger.com/works.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020194313/https://www.lin-enger.com/works.htm |archive-date=2014-10-20 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=www.lin-enger.com}}
His second solo novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome appeared in May 2008.{{Cite book |last=Enger |first=Leif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pexTDwAAQBAJ |title=So Brave, Young, and Handsome |date=2009-04-01 |publisher=Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |isbn=978-1-55584-849-1 |language=en}}
In October 2018, his third novel, Virgil Wander, was published by Grove Press.{{Cite book |last=Enger |first=Leif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6iBkDwAAQBAJ |title=Virgil Wander |date=2018-10-04 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-1-4721-5446-0 |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Hertzel |first=Laurie |date=2018-10-04 |title='Lovely, forbidding' Lake Superior inspires Minnesota novelist Leif Enger |url=https://www.startribune.com/lovely-forbidding-lake-superior-inspires-minnesota-novelist-leif-enger/493899691/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Star Tribune}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.leifenger.com/ Official site]
- [https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/8109-leif-enger-fiction/ Bookpage Interview] (2001)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060501144835/http://www.bookpage.com/0109bp/leif_enger.html Writers & Books Interview] (2004)
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Category:Writers from Minnesota