Twin Cities Noir

BRUCE RUBENSTEIN 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.

JULIE SCHAPER 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.

MARY SHARRATT 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.

QUINTON SKINNER is the author of 14 Degrees Below Zero and Amnesia Nights. He lives with his family in Minneapolis.

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

BRAD ZELLAR 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.