Anthony Doerr on his latest literary epic, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"
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The water is crystal-clear this high up in the Idaho mountains. Payette Lake is a glacial wonder that turned the town of McCall into a resort. It's a place known more for boating that books, but its small public library is thriving. It's been here almost a half a century, filled with the works of faraway authors – and some local ones, too, including Idaho's Anthony Doerr.
He used to sneak in here and write back when he and his family would drive up from his home in Boise for vacation, and he could blend in with the tourists. But that all changed in 2015, when Doerr's anonymity was shattered after winning the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Meg, one of the librarians, said, "We went to the shelf and got his book, 'All the Light We Cannot See,' and looked at the picture, and we were trying to be casual!"
