David Housewright
A former President of the Private Eye Writers of America , David Housewright is an American author of crime fiction whose work has won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America as well as three Minnesota Book Awards. He is best known for the Rushmore McKenzie and Holland Taylor series set most often in and around the greater St. Paul and Minneapolis area of Minnesota, USA. His books have been favorably compared to Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald and Robert B. Parker.
Housewright was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the son of Eugene Housewright, Sr., a businessman, and Patricia Langevin Housewright. He attended Cretin High School where he was editor of the school newspaper until he was fired for printing an editorial opposing the Vietnam War. I attended an allboys Catholic military school during the height of Vietnam war. Of course they fired me. You would have fired me, too, Housewright told the Wild River Review. He earned a degree in Journalism from the University of St. Thomas. He now lives with his wife, writer and theater critic Renee Marie Valois, in Roseville, MN.
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