Garrison Keillor lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, home of
A Prairie Home Companion, his radio show, on the air since 1974 (with a long sabbatical in the middle). The
Companion does thirty-two live shows a year and tours every year to New York, Washington, L. A. , Chicago, and Tanglewood in the Berkshires. He is the author of many novels, including the Lake Wobegon novels, and wrote and appeared in the movie
A Prairie Home Companion, directed by Robert Altman. His weekly column, The Old Scout, is syndicated to newspapers across the US and appears on Salon. com.
