Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor is an American author and radio personality best known for his fictional Lake Wobegon series of books. Lake Wobegon is a fictional Minnesota town that is the center of a lot of his stories. He is also known for his long run as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio show, A Prairie Home Companion that was syndicated throughout the world. Known for his “North-Central” accent (eh), he has gotten a lot of voiceover work in his career as well. He was a key voice in Ken Burns’s Baseball and Civil War documentaries and also voiced Odin, the greek god, in the Disney animated series Hercules. Keillor has had a long career in writing, radio and voiceover work that spans over 30 years. Keillor graduated from Anoka High School and then attended the University of Minnesota where he received his bachelor’s degree in English. His hometown of Anoka, Minnesota definitely helped for the basis of Lake Woebegon. Get notified when Garrison Keillor releases a new book at BookNotification.com.