Leif Enger is an American novelist born in Osakis, Minnesota. He worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio from 1984 until the success of his first novel, Peace Like a River (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001). His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome (Grove Press) was released in 2009. Leif currently resides in Duluth, Minnesota and his most recent book, Virgil Wander (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018), is set on the North Shore of Lake Superior.