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Keir Graff, author of The Price of Liberty

Series: The Write Question
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Length: 00:29:01

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Keir Graff has written four political crime novels. THE PRICE OF LIBERTY, set in the town of Red Rock Wyoming, is his latest. During this program Graff talks about where he got the idea for this story about a no-bid contract to build a federal prison to house terrorists, why he writes fiction, and how he finds time to write books while working full-time in the publishing industry and co-parenting two sons. He also reads from Chapter Four and talks about his next book, a tale of a fourth-grader with a dream-world doppelganger. Read the full description.

Priceofliberty_small Keir Graff grew up in Missoula, Montana, and graduated from Hampshire College. He now works in Chicago for Booklist Online, where he is a senior editor. Graff's short stories have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the Portland Review and the Chicago Reader. His writing has also been published in the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Fiction Writer, Billiards Digest, and at Playboy dot com.

Graff has written three novels under his own name, and one under a pseudonym. Visit his Web site at http://www.keirgraff.com.

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Keir Graff grew up in Missoula, Montana, and graduated from Hampshire College. He now works in Chicago for Booklist Online, where he is a senior editor. Graff's short stories have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the Portland Review and the Chicago Reader. His writing has also been published in the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Fiction Writer, Billiards Digest, and at Playboy dot com.

Graff has written three novels under his own name, and one under a pseudonym. Visit his Web site at http://www.keirgraff.com.

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