Twin Cities Noir (29 page)

L
ARRY
M
ILLETT
is a Minneapolis native who spent much of his career as a writer, reporter, and editor for the
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
He is the author of four works of nonfiction, including
Lost Twin Cities
and
Twin Cities Then and Now
, as well as five mystery novels in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel to turn-of-the-century Minnesota to solve cases at the behest of railroad tycoon James J. Hill. He currently lives with his wife and two children in St. Paul.

B
RUCE
R
UBENSTEIN
is a crime writer who grew up in the Twin Cities and knows a great deal about the events, places, and people upon which his tale is based. He’s written many crime stories, and recently published a book,
Greed, Rage and Love Gone Wrong
(University of Minnesota Press). His wife is his inspiration because of her constant demands for more money.

J
ULIE
S
CHAPER
has been a Twin Cities resident for eleven years. She lives with her husband and two dogs in the Merriam Park neighborhood of St. Paul.

M
ARY
S
HARRATT
grew up in the Twin Cities and currently lives in a dark satanic mill town in Lancashire, England. A Minnesota Book Award finalist and winner of the 2005 WILLA Literary Award for Contemporary Fiction, she is the author of the novels
Summit Avenue, The Real Minerva
, and
The Vanishing Point
, and coeditor of
Bitchlit
, a fiction anthology celebrating female antiheroes.

Q
UINTON
S
KINNER
is the author of
14 Degrees Below Zero
and
Amnesia Nights
. He lives with his family in Minneapolis.

S
TEVE
T
HAYER
is a
New York Times
best-selling author. His novels include
Saint Mudd, The Weatherman
, and
The Wheat Field
. He lives in Edina, Minnesota.

B
RAD
Z
ELLAR
has lived in the Twin Cities for more than twenty years. He is a writer and editor for the
Rake
, a monthly magazine, and has a lousy relationship with sleep.

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