Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor Birth name Gary Edward Keillor Born ( 1942-08-07 ) August 7, 1942 (age 76) Anoka, Minnesota, U.S. Medium Radio, print Alma mater University of Minnesota Years active 1969–present Genres Observational comedy, storytelling Subject(s) American culture (especially the Midwest), American politics Spouse Mary Guntzel ( m. 1965; div. 1976) Ulla Skaerved ( m. 1985; div. 1990) Jenny Lind Nilsson ( m. 1995) Children 2 Website www.garrisonkeillor.com Gary Edward " Garrison " Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including