An Evening with Daniel Kraus and the 2026 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction: "Angel Down"
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An evening with Daniel Kraus, author of "Angel Down," the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner – a novel written magnificently in a single run-on sentence.
📅 Monday, November 23, 2026
🚪 Doors open: 6:00 p.m.
🎭 Show begins: 7:00 p.m.
📍 City Opera House
Private Cyril Bagger has survived the horrors of the Great War through wit and deception, swindling fellow soldiers at every turn. Then he and four other grunts receive a deadly mission: venture into No Man’s Land to euthanize a wounded comrade. What they find in the ruined battlefield is not a man in need of mercy, but a fallen angel, seemingly struck down by artillery fire.
This celestial being may hold the key to ending the war, but only if the soldiers can set aside their own desires and work together. As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group begins to fracture, and their angelic encounter threatens to become a descent into hell.
A polyphonic tale of survival, supernatural wonder, and moral conflict, Angel Down plunges readers into the heart of World War I.
About the author
Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel "Whalefall" earned a front-cover review in the New York Times Book Review, won the Alex Award, was an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, and appeared on Best Book of 2023 lists from NPR, the New York Times, Amazon, the Chicago Tribune, and more.
About our host
NWS host Audrey Irontree is a fiction writer, developmental editor, ghostwriter, teacher, and education director of the National Writers Series. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Northwestern University, and her work has appeared in Portland Review and Meridian, among other publications.
About the event
Book packages are available with a discount with our book partner The Folded Leaf. The event includes a Q&A and book personalization line.
Livestreaming Underwriter: Nancy Davy
Sustaining Sponsor: Green Brick Foundation
Season Sponsors: West Shore Bank, North Guard Technology Group, Cottage Book Shop
Bookstore Partner: The Folded Leaf
📅 Monday, November 23, 2026
🚪 Doors open: 6:00 p.m.
🎭 Show begins: 7:00 p.m.
📍 City Opera House
Private Cyril Bagger has survived the horrors of the Great War through wit and deception, swindling fellow soldiers at every turn. Then he and four other grunts receive a deadly mission: venture into No Man’s Land to euthanize a wounded comrade. What they find in the ruined battlefield is not a man in need of mercy, but a fallen angel, seemingly struck down by artillery fire.
This celestial being may hold the key to ending the war, but only if the soldiers can set aside their own desires and work together. As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group begins to fracture, and their angelic encounter threatens to become a descent into hell.
A polyphonic tale of survival, supernatural wonder, and moral conflict, Angel Down plunges readers into the heart of World War I.
About the author
Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel "Whalefall" earned a front-cover review in the New York Times Book Review, won the Alex Award, was an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, and appeared on Best Book of 2023 lists from NPR, the New York Times, Amazon, the Chicago Tribune, and more.
About our host
NWS host Audrey Irontree is a fiction writer, developmental editor, ghostwriter, teacher, and education director of the National Writers Series. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Northwestern University, and her work has appeared in Portland Review and Meridian, among other publications.
About the event
Book packages are available with a discount with our book partner The Folded Leaf. The event includes a Q&A and book personalization line.
Livestreaming Underwriter: Nancy Davy
Sustaining Sponsor: Green Brick Foundation
Season Sponsors: West Shore Bank, North Guard Technology Group, Cottage Book Shop
Bookstore Partner: The Folded Leaf
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City Opera House, 106 E Front St,Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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