Enger Brothers to Speak at Fall Author Day Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by

Lin Enger

Lin Enger


Leif Enger

Leif Enger

Brothers Lin and Leif Enger will speak at the Gustavus Library Associates’ Fall Author Day Wednesday, Nov. 5 at the Edina Country Club. The Minnesota natives each have had books published recently.

In the 1990s, under the pen name L.L. Enger, the brothers collaborated on a series of novels about a former professional baseball player. Leif went out on his own in 2001 with his million-copy seller Peace Like a River, a story told through the eyes of an 11-year-old asthmatic boy who believes in miracles. Leif’s second book, So Brave, Young, and Handsome, was published in June 2008 and spins the irresistible tale of Monte Becket, a disillusioned Minnesota writer. Lin published his first novel, Undiscovered Country, in July 2008. Set in a fictional small town in northern Minnesota, it is crafted as a retelling of the great drama of Hamlet.

Guests are asked to R.S.V.P. for this event by Wednesday, Oct. 29 by calling the Gustavus Office of Marketing and Communication at 507-933-7520. The cost for the event is $20 per person and includes brunch and an opportunity to have books signed by the two authors. Registration on the day of the event will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Both Lin and Leif Enger’s books are available for purchase at the Gustavus Book Mark. Undiscovered Country and So Brave, Young, and Handsome are available for $24, while Peace Like a River is available for $13. Purchases may also be made by calling 507-933-6017 or by e-mailing Judy Schultz at jdschult@gustavus.edu.

Gustavus Library Associates (GLA) is a friends-of-the-college organization dedicated to the support and advancement of the College’s Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library. Since organizing in 1977, GLA has raised more than $2.5 million for the library endowment fund, acquisitions, and non-budgeted special collections.

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Media Contact: Director of Media Relations and Internal Communication Luc Hatlestad
luch@gustavus.edu
507-933-7510

 

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