Author Lilly Setterdahl will present "How I Came to Write The Pioneer Woman." She will discuss the background of her book, what it is about and how it evolved. She'll give a reading from the book and discuss other material related to the book.
Lilly Setterdahl is a native of Sweden, a country steeped in folklore and sagas. She was educated in Sweden and the United States and worked as a part-time teacher, correspondent, and immigration researcher. She traveled across North America with her husband, Lennart Setterdahl, to microfilm Swedish American Church Archives and organizational records, and to conduct interviews with Swedish immigrants and their descendants. She received scholarships to work on a research project in Minnesota and Sweden and awards for fiction and nonfiction. Her publishing credentials to date are twenty-two nonfiction books about the history of Swedish immigrants and their settlements in America, eight novels, and hundreds of research articles printed in newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and abroad. Four of her books are about the Titanic. Setterdahl lives in Illinois and enjoys reading, writing, and visiting her children and grandchildren.
Location and Hybrid Participation Options
This will be our annual meeting, followed by a live virtual webinar, starting at 10am Central Standard Time. This will be a hybrid program, with the following options available for participating.
- In-person attendance - our programs are held at the Minnesota Genealogy Center, 1385 Mendota Heights Road Suite 100 in Mendota Heights, MN.
- Virtual – The Zoom link will be emailed to all members before the program.
- A recording will be available if you can’t attend in-person or virtually.
Members
No quarterly program fee and you don’t need to register in advance.
Non-members
The cost is $10 per person. If you attend in person, no need to register and pay in advance. Zoom participants can register online below, or if you prefer to mail your registration and check, print and mail this Registration Form. We must receive your registration by Wednesday, January 22.
