Historical and Crime Fiction Author
William Kent Krueger is the author of "This Tender Land," "Ordinary Grace," and the Cork O'Connor mysteries.
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William Kent Krueger
It’s almost impossible for me to believe that with Spirit Crossing I will have published twenty-one books in my Cork O’Connor series. More than a quarter of a century ago, my dream of being a published author came true with the release of Iron Lake, the first in the series. If you’d asked me then if I thought there could possibly be twenty more, I’d have said you were nuts. But here we are.

Like so much of my work in the series, the story centers on an issue of great importance in the Native American community—Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). Before I tackled the writing of this novel, I spoke with a number of my friends in the Ojibwe community, questioning whether, as a white guy, I had the right to deal with this subject. I heard from them nothing but encouragement. And so I’ve done my best to present a story that I hope is not only a compelling mystery but will also serve to broaden the awareness of this tragic situation, which affects nearly every Native community on this continent.