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Ordinary Grace
Anthony Award · 2014 · WinnerEdgar Award · 2014 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Award for Best Novel | 2014 | Winner | “William Kent Krueger's standalone novel won the Anthony for its nostalgic beauty, moral depth, and the extraordinary emotional weight it gave to a summer of boyhood grief and revelation in 1961 Minnesota.” |
| Edgar Award (Best Novel) | 2014 | Winner |
About This Book
In the summer of 1961 in a small Minnesota town, thirteen-year-old Frank Drum witnesses a series of tragic deaths. A coming-of-age mystery suffused with loss and grace, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel.
About the Author
William Kent Krueger is an American crime fiction author known for the Cork O'Connor mystery series set in the Minnesota Northwoods and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. He won the Anthony Award for Best Novel for Ordinary Grace (2014), a standalone novel set in 1961 Minnesota that became his most celebrated work. Born in Cascade Locks, Oregon in 1950, Krueger studied philosophy at Stanford University. Read more →
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