William Kent Krueger

What I admire most about Krueger is his patience. A Stanford-educated man from tiny Torrington, Wyoming, he built a quietly devoted readership around Cork O'Connor rather than chasing flash, and the back-to-back Anthony Awards prove the craft held up. But Ordinary Grace is where he truly arrived for me; it reaches past genre into grief, faith, and forgiveness, and the Edgar it earned feels less like a prize than a recognition of emotional honesty. He keeps his private life private and lets the books speak. That restraint, in an age of self-promotion, is exactly why I trust him as a storyteller.

Name (English)

William Kent Krueger

Name (Japanese)

ウィリアム・K・クルーガー

Reading

うぃりあむ・K・くるーがー

Born

November 16, 1950 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Tiger

Origin

Torrington, Wyoming, United States

Occupation

writer / novelist / journalist / crime fiction writer

University

Stanford University

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Anthony Award for Best First Novel
• 2014 Edgar Awards
• 2005 Anthony Award for Best Novel
• 2006 Anthony Award for Best Novel
• 2014 Anthony Award for Best Novel
• 2008 Dilys Award
• 2014 Dilys Award
• 1999 Barry Award for Best First Novel

• Official sitehttps://williamkentkrueger.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Kent%20Krueger
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BBK%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534738

Tags

• Wyoming
• writer
• novelist
• journalist

Last updated

2026-06-21

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