[1] Was born Plymouth Brethren, has been Lutheran, is now Episcopalian.
Father: John P. Keillor
Mother: Grace R. Denham
Girlfriend: Margaret Moos (radio producer)
Wife: Ulla Skaerved (former Danish exchange student, m. 1985)
Wife: Jenny Lind Nilsson (violinist)
Daughter: Maia Grace Keillor (b. 29-Dec)
University: BA English, University of Minnesota (1966)
National Public Radio
Al Franken for Senate
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
John Kerry for President
MoveOn.org
Obama for America
The New Yorker Columnist, ended 1992
Radio Hall of Fame 1994
National Humanities Medal 1999
Norwegian Ancestry
Scottish Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
A Prairie Home Companion (12-Feb-2006)
The Big One (6-Sep-1997) Himself
Baseball (18-Sep-1994) Himself [VOICE]
The Civil War (23-Sep-1990) [VOICE]
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 4-Nov-1985, DETAILS: Heartland Humor: Let's Hear it for Lake Wobegon -- Author and Radio Bard Garrison Keillor
Author of books:
Happy to Be Here (1981, essays)
Lake Wobegon Days (1985)
Leaving Home (1987)
We Are Still Married (1989, essays)
WLT, A Radio Romance (1991)
The Book of Guys (1993)
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (1996)
Wobegon Boy (1997)
Me, by Jimmy Big Boy Valente (1999)
Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 (2001)
Good Poems (2002, poetry)
Love Me (2003)
Homegrown Democrat (2004)
AKA Garrison Edward Keillor
