She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and three dogs, and is currently at work on a sequel to the North of the Tension Line series, Throwing Bears for George-due out in 2022, a second book of essays, and a children’s book.

Riordan celebrates the well-lived life of the ordinary man and woman with meticulously drawn characters and intriguing plots that magnify the beauty and mystery lingering near the surface of everyday life. Her book of essays is entitled Reflections on a Life in Exile. The North of the Tension Line books (North of the Tension Line The Audacity of Goats Robert’s Rules and A Small Earnest Question) represent a sensibility that is distinctively Midwestern, even though the small town politics and gossip will be universally familiar. Her mesmerizing literary fiction makes the Great Lakes region one of the characters in this continuing series. Riordan has been called “a latter-day Jane Austen”.

Since returning to Wisconsin, she has taught English and worked in philanthropy. But of all the tote bags, the most exclusive are those presented as swag to attendees of various high-level conferences, like the Aspen Ideas Festival. Its cut and its characteristics have always been adjusted according to the constraints linked. Perhaps my favorite is my niece’s gift, a utilitarian lightweight Totes Ma Goats bag in which I carry my own books (especially my novel The Audacity of Goats) for publicity events. In her early life she pursued a career in opera, which took her far afield, and gave her a new appreciation for the Midwest. The apron is quite a symbol That of the expertise of a trade.

The audacity of goats