Three authors appearing at the Kerrytown Bookfest have recently garnered some major attention. Kristina Riggle’s second book “The Life You Imagined”; William Kent Krueger’s “Vermillion Drift” and Deborah Diesen’s “The Pout Pout Fish in the Big Deep” drew some attention this past week.
Riggle’s book arrived in the mail from Avon with the notation it was an Indie Pick for September 2010. In her book, three high school characters arrive in their home town unexpectedly and must weigh in on their high school dreams. Riggle will be on the panel “Michigan Lit” along with National Book Award finalist Bonnie Jo Campbell, Wendy Webb, and Michael Zandoorian. They will be interviewed by Eric Olsen.
Deborah Diesen, who will conduct a session at the 8th Annual Bookfest called “sing and read along”, had her newest book “The Pout Pout Fish in the Big Deep” reviewed in Publishers Weekly. They called her book “a spirited tale with light doses of humor”. Indeed it is. Her most recent book the “Barefooted, Bad-Tempered Baby Brigade” was reviewed by this blog. Diesen is from Grand Ledge Michigan and her newest book is a sequel to the “Pout Pout Fish”.
William Kent Krueger will join other mystery authors Steve Hamilton, and Bryan Gruley on a panel moderated by Craig McDonald. The panel will focus on what is being called “Northern Noir”. Krueger’s most recent book “Vermillion Drift” is the 10th novel featuring Minnesota PI Cork O’Connor and the discovery of six bodies in an old mine sets Cork on a course of a complex case. Publishers Weekly called the book “a thrilling read” and said the book “succeeds on every level” (no mine pun intended”.
All three of these authors will certainly be heard at the Kerrytown Bookfest which takes place in Ann Arbor Michigan on Sunday September 12. The Bookfest is one of the most successful single day book festivals in the country and this year the free event feature authors with a “bent” for Michigan. The event is free. A complete schedule of authors and events is available at the Kerrytown website.
