He took a leap, Rediscovered Books owner Laura Delaney said.
But you still pick up the dog poop and the kids’ socks.”ĭoerr did none of that. The other is, now we can afford to send the kids to college, and I can feel like a bit of an ambassador for the state when I’m out traveling, and then I get to leave all the chaos behind and focus on being here with my family. I still live with dead ends and deadlines, that’s one side. “Every time you sit down to write something, it’s the same grind. “Life doesn’t really change at all,” Doerr said. It will mark the return of a series that brings nationally and internationally known authors to Boise to the Morrison Center stage. He will headline The Cabin’s Readings & Conversations on Jan. He signs the occasional autograph at the grocery store.ĭoerr also stays connected to the Idaho literary community, where he developed as a writer. He makes the trip to his North End office, where he wrote both of these books over nearly 20 years.
He takes morning runs on the Foothill trails that braid the land behind his home in the Highlands, a ritual that keeps him grounded in the Idaho landscape. One of the most celebrated reads of the past decade, the book earned Doerr millions of readers - famously including then-President Barack Obama - who were anticipating his third novel. It has been on The New York Times Best Sellers List for seven weeks, and it hit the Notable Books of 2021 list.Īfter his World War II epic “All the Light We Cannot See” won the 2015 Pulitzer, the Boise novelist - Tony to his local readers - entered into the world spotlight. His work as a writer might be deep and serious, but he’s not particularly serious in his daily life.Īnd this holiday season he has a lot to bring him joy and much to be grateful for - partly thanks to the success of his first novel since winning a Pulitzer Prize, “Cloud Cuckoo Land.” The book came out in September and was a National Book Award finalist. Talking with author Anthony Doerr on the phone, you can hear he’s never far from a laugh. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr’s latest book, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” is once more drawing him international acclaim as an epic storyteller.
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