FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent Visiting Author Series will welcome New York Times bestselling crime novelist Paul Doiron at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1 in Nadeau Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Doiron will read from his recent work “Storm Tide” and discuss his writing process and career as an author. A question-and-answer session will follow the reading, and copies of his books will be available for purchase.
Doiron is the author of the critically acclaimed Mike Bowditch mystery series set in the Maine woods. His debut novel “The Poacher’s Son” won both the Barry Award and the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel. It was also nominated for Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Thriller awards, and won the Maine Literary Award for Best Fiction of 2010.
In 2019, Doiron received his second Edgar Award nomination for “Rabid”, a digital and audio short story featuring his character, Charley Stevens.
A Maine native, Doiron graduated with a degree in English from Yale University and holds a master of fine arts in creative writing from Emerson College. He served as editor in chief of “Down East: The Magazine of Maine” before stepping down to write full-time. He currently holds the title of editor emeritus.
Doiron is a past chair of the Maine Humanities Council and a former member of the Maine Arts Commission. He is also a Registered Maine Guide specializing in fly fishing. He lives along a trout stream in coastal Maine with his wife, Kristen Lindquist.
For more information about the UMFK event, contact Lisa Roy at roylisa@maine.edu or 207-834-7504.
In addition to his campus appearance, Doiron will visit the Fort Kent Public Library on Friday, Oct. 2 to record a podcast with Library Director Andrew Birden.
