Writing what you know.

Recently our local newspaper published historical information about the town which I live in and have for over forty years. I wondered if I’m as attached to my growing-up town as I am to Bemidji. Then, I got to thinking-I never left!

 

The settings for my books are almost completely in Minneapolis and conspicuously near my old grade school. Which brought me to one of the most beautiful places on earth, Minnehaha Falls. There is also a statue of Hiawatha carrying Minnehaha across the creek. It’s so engaging and spiritual.

The setting is flowing through my mind like the creek. I’m starting to consider the water, lakes and trees as a backdrop to new novels.

 

I used to fish an awful lot as a youngster and my husband went fishing when first married and with our boy’s. 

 

Then, I’d sit on the dock with the grandchildren.

 

I began a book about fly-fishing, women’s version. It’s a book about two women who’d known each other since kindergarten who are best friends. They are also best friends with two men of the same age but are still employed as detectives for the Minneapolis Police Department. 

 

The four investigate the disappearance of a grade school classmate who was never found after she’d gone missing from the fourth grade.

 

The search will take the reader to northern Minnesota and around my favorite neighborhoods.

 

So, you see, you can go home!

 

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