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We’re so thrilled that Don Winslow will join us for this year’s Opus & Olives. In preparation for the big event, we asked Don a few questions to help fans get to know him better. This is an #opusexclusive.
Tell us something that people might not know about you.
But then they’d know, wouldn’t they? Okay – I’m avid baseball fan and I sponsor stolen bases for a local minor league team, the Ocean State Waves.
What is something you’re proud of about your book and why?
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Well, this trilogy took me over twenty-eight years to write, so I’m proud of having completed it. I’m also proud that (I like to think, at least) I took the themes, characters and stories from the Greek and Roman classics and turned them into a contemporary crime saga.
Tell us what you love about libraries.
So much. My mom was a librarian and my love of books and writing started in that small library in my little New England fishing village.  I could go anywhere in the world, and travel through time as well, just by prowling a few feet of shelves. It opened the world to me. Also, I believe that libraries were, and are, critical to our democracy in that they offer literacy and information to everyone, regardless of financial or social status.Â
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Meet Don and the rest of our bestselling lineup in person on October 8 at the RiverCentre in downtown Saint Paul!
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