ENDING KEYNOTE
Who’s Really the Teacher?
Ben Mikaelsen
Closing keynote, Friday p.m.
Author, Ben Mikaelsen, is a winner of the International Reading Association Award and the Western Writer’s Golden Spur Award. These novels include Rescue Josh McGuire, Sparrow Hawk Red, Stranded, Countdown, Petey,
Touching Spirit Bear, Red Midnight, Tree Girl and Ghost of Spirit Bear. His novels, Rescue Josh McGuire, Petey and Touching Spirit Bear have been optioned for screen production. Ben’s articles and photos appear in numerous
magazines around the world, and he has been featured on national TV with Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures.
Ben is known for his in-depth research and the magical worlds he creates. His research has included flying to the North Pole, going undercover with narcotics agents, living with the homeless in Mexico and with the Massai in Africa, riding a horse across the United States from Minnesota to Oregon, boating the length of the Mississippi, driving overland from Montana to the tip of South America
(the Terra Del Fuego), over 1000 parachute jumps and racing sled dogs in Northern Minnesota.