After a quiet spring and summer, something local residents prize, Ironwood County blasts across the news feeds of at least a three-county radius because infamous author John Schreiber is publishing his seventh novel in late August, the fourth to focus on the quietest county in Minnesota.
The Boys down at Bill's Café reportedly shook their heads at the news and returned to their coffee cups. Bill himself hung a sign in his window: "No picture-taking by tourists allowed."
Local librarian legend "Miss Agatha" told a Dodge County reporter, "I've burned his other books. If that new one comes across this desk, I'll burn it too."
When reached by phone, John Schreiber (presumably) shrugged and said, "All my books are works of fiction. All characters are composites. I have no idea why anyone would be upset."
Clearly, the residents in Ironwood County find that his fiction hits too close to home.
