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June 6, 2011 - Lincoln Center
Narrator and Author
Douglas Wood has been called "Minnesota's renaissance man". Author, artist, musician, naturalist, wilderness guide, he is the creator of 30 books for children and adults, including several New York Times best sellers. His first book, Old Turtle, was hailed as an instant classic, a "profound, lapidary work" that fused "simple eloquence with an elemental logic." Translated widely, it has received many honors and awards, including the ABBY Award and the International Reading Association Book of the Year. Mr. Wood was invited to read Old Turtle and its sequel, Old Turtle and the Broken Truth at the White House. In his books, frequent speaking engagements, and far-flung wilderness expeditions Mr. Wood continues to explore the relationship between the natural world and the human spirit.
Recipient of the Christopher Medal and Storytelling World Award among others, Mr. Wood lives with his wife Kathy in a log cabin in the pines by the Mississippi River, where many of their most estimable neighbors are turtles.
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