David Housewright

A past president of the Private Eye Writers of America, Housewright is best known for his Rushmore McKenzie and Holland Taylor detective novels as well as other tales of murder and mayhem in the Midwest. He earned the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for "Penance" (1996) as well as three Minnesota Book Awards for "Practice to Deceive" (1998), "Jelly's Gold" (2010) and "Curse of the Jade Lily" (2013). A reformed newspaper reporter and ad man, Housewright also taught at the University of Minnesota and Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. He was recently added to “Minnesota Writers on the Map” by the Minnesota Historical Society and Friends of the St. Paul Public Library. All of Housewright's novels have been printed in trade paper and can be found on Kindle. Most of his McKenzie novels are also available as audiobooks. Housewright has a volume of short stories called "Full House" and wrote "Devil and the Diva" with Renee Valois.