Minnesota Book Award Winner Cary Griffith returns to Grand Marais Public Library on Wednesday, January 22 at 6:00 PM to present Writing the Wilderness, a photo-journalistic experience of the incidents detailed in his non-fiction titles Gunflint Burning: Fire in the Boundary Waters and Lost in the Wild. The author will leave time for discussion about these locally significant events.

Cary Griffith is the author of five books. His non-fiction includes Lost in the Wild (Borealis: 2006), Opening Goliath (Borealis: 2009 – winner of a 2010 Minnesota Book Award), and Gunflint Burning (University of Minnesota Press: 2018, Finalist for a Minnesota Book Award). His novels include Wolves (Adventure Publications: 2013 – winner of a Midwest Book Award, Finalist for a Minnesota Book Award), and Savage Minnesota (Star Tribune: 2014 – the Star Tribune’s 2014 Summer Read). Library staff are available to connect readers with copies of Griffith’s books, and book club discussion questions are available at the author’s website, https://www.carygriffith.com.

All are welcome to attend the Grand Marais Public Library’s free events, which aim to increase knowledge, inspire creativity, remove barriers, and build community across Cook County. For more information about library services, please contact the library at 218-387-1140, or visit the website grandmaraislibrary.org.