National Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award

2009 Minnesota Book Award winner

Novelist, Essayist, and Creative Writing Instructor

Winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award

Novels

The Year of Ice
"Complex and fascinating." The Philadephia Inquirer
Brendan Wolf
"A superb work of a wonderful writer." Charles Baxter
Twelve Long Months
A Book Sense Pick
Point Breeze
Work in progress.

Classes and Links

Five Parts of Story
The Year of Ice interview
The Loft Literary Center
Defenders of Wildlife
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