Background
David Housewright was born on February 7, 1955, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. He was raised in Minnesota by his wealthy parents, Eugene Housewright Sr., who was a successful businessman and Patricia Langevin Housewright.
As a child, David Housewright attended Cretin High School.
Housewright joined the University of St. Thomas and earned a degree in journalism in 1977.
David Housewright and the 2010 Minnesota Book Award.
Housewright worked in advertising, often writing, producing and occasionally directing TV spots.
David Housewright singing his book.
(When a drunk driver kills her entire family, Florida reti...)
When a drunk driver kills her entire family, Florida retiree Irene Gustafson is left rich and alone. Between savings and life insurance, the death of her son and his family leaves her with nearly $300,000 - a veritable fortune in a community where most live off social security. Following the advice of Ann Landers, Mrs. Gustafson hands the money over to an investment manager. The returns are steady until he starts investing in Willow Tree, a low-income housing development on the fringes of the Twin Cities. The money vanishes, and Mrs. Gustafson is destitute. That’s where Holland Taylor, Minneapolis private detective, comes in.
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1997
(A recording of a lost woman's voice sends Holland Taylor ...)
A recording of a lost woman's voice sends Holland Taylor on a wild hunt. The woman's words send an icy chill through Saint Paul private investigator Holland Taylor: "If you are listening to this now," she says, "it is because I am dead."
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1999
(Ex-St. Paul cop Rushmore McKenzie has more time, and more...)
Ex-St. Paul cop Rushmore McKenzie has more time, and more money, than he knows what to do with. In fact, when he's willing to admit it to himself (and he usually isn't), Mac is downright bored. Until he decides to do a favor for a friend facing a family tragedy: Nine-year-old Stacy Carlson has been diagnosed with leukemia, and the only one with the matching bone marrow that can save her is her older sister, Jamie. Trouble is, Jamie ran away from home years ago.
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2004
(Mac McKenzie is rich. So rich that he's left his job as a...)
Mac McKenzie is rich. So rich that he's left his job as a Twin Cities police officer and spends his time doing favors large and small for friends. So when an old Marine buddy of his father's calls with a request Mac takes the time to help him out. And it is one of the strangers favors he's ever been asked: the elderly Mr. Mosley, a beekeeper, wants Mac to find out why his bees are suddenly dying in droves.
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2005
(Rushmore "Mac" McKenzie has a lot of old girlfriends, but...)
Rushmore "Mac" McKenzie has a lot of old girlfriends, but only one went on to marry the current governor of the state of Minnesota. And only one is calling him with a desperate request to meet in secret. First Lady Lindsay Barrett is carrying an anonymous e-mail that contains the makings of an ugly rumor about her husband, the man about to run for higher office - perhaps even the highest office. Someone says they have evidence that Jack Barrett killed his high school sweetheart.
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2007
(Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the...)
Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the cops were kidding. After all, he did them a favor by stopping a rookie cop from roughing up a distraught woman at a murder scene. But the next thing Mac knows he's in jail, missing an important date with his girlfriend and reliving nightmares he thought he'd finally left behind - and he's vowing payback for all of it.
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2007
(Homicide cop Bobby Dunston's daughter has been kidnapped,...)
Homicide cop Bobby Dunston's daughter has been kidnapped, taken in broad daylight on a city street in the middle of September. The kidnappers demand a million dollars and force Dunston to get the ransom from his friend Mac McKenzie.
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2008
(Rushmore McKenzie, a retired St. Paul policeman and unexp...)
Rushmore McKenzie, a retired St. Paul policeman and unexpected millionaire, often works as an unlicensed P.I., doing favors as it suits him. When graduate students Ivy Flynn and Josh Berglund show up with a story about $8 million in missing stolen gold from the ‘30s, McKenzie is intrigued. In the early 20th century, St. Paul, Minnesota was an open city - a place where gangsters could come and stay unmolested by the local authorities.
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2009
(In David Housewright's The Taking of Libbie, SD, a grifte...)
In David Housewright's The Taking of Libbie, SD, a grifter cons an entire town using Mac McKenzie's name, leaving the real McKenzie facing an angry town with nothing left to lose. Rushmore McKenzie is a retired cop, an unexpected millionaire, and an occasional unlicensed private investigator.
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2010
(Mac McKenzie returns with a too-personal case that leads ...)
Mac McKenzie returns with a too-personal case that leads him up the legendary Highway 61 in the latest in David Housewright's award-winning series Rushmore McKenzie is a former cop, current millionaire, and an occasional unlicensed P.I. who does favors for friends. Yet he has reservations when his girlfriend's daughter asks him to help her father Jason Truhler, the ex-husband of McKenzie's girlfriend, and a man in serious trouble.
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2011
(A stolen gem with a tragic history, a curse, and a millio...)
A stolen gem with a tragic history, a curse, and a million dollar ransom is Mac McKenzie's latest case, in David Housewright's Curse of the Jade Lily Several years ago, Rushmore McKenzie became an unexpected millionaire and set about doing not much of anything.
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2012
(When pop diva Sheila Lews dies under puzzling circumstanc...)
When pop diva Sheila Lews dies under puzzling circumstances, Clarisse Dufresne is approached by agents of a shadowy international crime syndicate with a proposition - “What if, after a period of time, say five years - yeah, make it five years - it was discovered that Sheila had left behind some unmixed tracks, songs she had been working on before she died but didn’t release? What do you think a find like that would be worth?” Clarisse refuses to participate in the fraud and is rescued by a mysterious man named Maurice Crevier, who conceals both his face and his intentions behind a black, obsidian mask. But the savior soon becomes Clarisse’s tormentor when she learns that she is not his guest as he professes, but his prisoner.
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2012
(Rushmore McKenzie agrees to go undercover to help the ATF...)
Rushmore McKenzie agrees to go undercover to help the ATF track a cache of stolen guns - after all, what could possibly go wrong? Rushmore McKenzie is both a millionaire and an unlicensed PI, which means he can afford to do the occasional favor and, as a former detective for the St. Paul (Minnesota) Police Department, he's got the necessary skills and connections to do them right.
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2013
(Riley Brodin is the granddaughter of Walter Muehlenhaus -...)
Riley Brodin is the granddaughter of Walter Muehlenhaus - a man as rich, powerful, and connected as anyone since the days of J. P. Morgan. Despite her family's connections, it's McKenzie she reaches out to when her relatively new boyfriend goes missing. Despite his reservations about getting involved with the Muehlenhaus family - again - Mac McKenzie agrees to look for one Juan Carlos Navarre. What he finds, though, is a man who appears to be a ghost.
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2014
(Ten remarkably diverse short stories filled with scheming...)
Ten remarkably diverse short stories filled with scheming characters, unexpected twists, and writing that'll sneak up on you from the Edgar Award-winning crime novelist. “A good short story is like a punch from a prize fighter - it comes at you fast, delivers an impact, and leaves you stunned. There’s no one in our business who does this better than David Housewright. In great story after great story, he proves himself a master of the art of short fiction. This is a collection that should be on every reader’s bookshelf.”
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2014
(During one of the first heavy snows of the winter, on the...)
During one of the first heavy snows of the winter, on the Interstate outside the Twin Cities, Rushmore McKenzie is behind a truck behaving erratically when the man in the truck bed dumps a body out onto the road, right in front of McKenzie's car. McKenzie avoids hitting the body, a bound woman who is just barely alive, but his stopped car in the middle of the road starts a chain of accidents, resulting in a thirty-seven car pile-up.
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2015
(Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quitting the S...)
Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quitting the St. Paul Police Department, Rushmore McKenzie has been working as an unlicensed private investigator, basically doing favors for friends and people in need. But even for him, this latest job is unusual. He's been asked to find a stolen Stradivarius, known as the Countess Borromeo, that only the violinist seems to want him to find. Stolen from a locked room in a B&B in the violinist's former hometown of Bayfield, Wisconsin, the violin is valued at $4 million and is virtually irreplaceable.
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2016
(Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore ...)
Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie has become not only an unlikely millionaire but an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends and people in need. When his stepdaughter Erica asks him for just such a favor, McKenzie doesn’t have it in him to refuse.
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2017
(David Housewright’s Edgar Award-winning Holland Taylor se...)
David Housewright’s Edgar Award-winning Holland Taylor series returns with a case of murder resulting from a tragic, twisted drama in an extremely wealthy family in Darkness, Sing Me a Song.
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2018
(A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a f...)
A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a friend, takes McKenzie down a dark and twisted path in Like to Die, the next mystery in David Housewright’s award-winning series. Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie has become an unlikely millionaire and an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends.
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2018
(P.I. Holland Taylor returns in David Housewright’s Edgar ...)
P.I. Holland Taylor returns in David Housewright’s Edgar Award-winning series with First, Kill the Lawyers, where Taylor is hired to recover stolen files before they are leaked, ruining more than just the careers of five local lawyers. Five prominent attorneys in Minneapolis have had their computer systems hacked and very sensitive case files stolen.
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2019
(An investigation of missing property takes a darker turn ...)
An investigation of missing property takes a darker turn near Lake Superior in Dead Man’s Mistress, the next mystery in David Housewright’s award-winning McKenzie series. Louise Wykoff is arguably the most recognizable woman living in Minnesota, known for her presence in over one hundred paintings by the late and brilliant Randolph McInnis.
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2019
David Housewright was born on February 7, 1955, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. He was raised in Minnesota by his wealthy parents, Eugene Housewright Sr., who was a successful businessman and Patricia Langevin Housewright.
As a child, David Housewright attended Cretin High School. His love for writing and reading allowed him to become the editor of the school newspaper, however, he was fired soon because of his views of opposing the Vietnam War. Later, Housewright joined the University of St. Thomas and earned a degree in journalism in 1977.
The writing career of David Housewright began with the first novel of the Holland Taylor series in the year 1995. The novel helped Housewright to win the Edgar Award and a Shamus Award nomination. The next novel of the series helped him to win the Minnesota Book and went on to be optioned for movies. After that, Housewright began with the Mac McKenzie series of novels, which also won several prestigious awards and recognition.
Before becoming a writer, Housewright used to work for a number of Twin Cities advertising agencies as a creative director and copywriter. The agencies that he worked for include the DBK&O, Andersen Windows, Kamstra Communications, Blaisdell & Westlie and his own agency named Gerber-Housewright. Housewright had a number of clients of popular brands. His dedication and determination at work allowed him to receive a number of industry awards, including the CLIO, Silver Microphone, Communication Arts, etc. After that, Housewright changed the course of his career and started working as a sports and news reporter for a number of daily newspapers through summer internships. While working as a news reporter, Housewright honed his writing, interviewing, editing, and research skills.
After becoming a successful novelist, Housewright was invited to teach at the University of Minnesota, a course related to the Modern American Mystery Novel. Other than that, Housewright also works as a writing instructor for a literary center in Minnesota.
(When pop diva Sheila Lews dies under puzzling circumstanc...)
2012(Rushmore McKenzie agrees to go undercover to help the ATF...)
2013(A stolen gem with a tragic history, a curse, and a millio...)
2012(During one of the first heavy snows of the winter, on the...)
2015(Mac McKenzie returns with a too-personal case that leads ...)
2011(David Housewright’s Edgar Award-winning Holland Taylor se...)
2018(A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a f...)
2018(In David Housewright's The Taking of Libbie, SD, a grifte...)
2010(An investigation of missing property takes a darker turn ...)
2019(Ten remarkably diverse short stories filled with scheming...)
2014(Rushmore "Mac" McKenzie has a lot of old girlfriends, but...)
2007(Riley Brodin is the granddaughter of Walter Muehlenhaus -...)
2014(Homicide cop Bobby Dunston's daughter has been kidnapped,...)
2008(When a drunk driver kills her entire family, Florida reti...)
1997(Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the...)
2007(A recording of a lost woman's voice sends Holland Taylor ...)
1999(Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quitting the S...)
2016(Rushmore McKenzie, a retired St. Paul policeman and unexp...)
2009(Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore ...)
2017(Mac McKenzie is rich. So rich that he's left his job as a...)
2005(Ex-St. Paul cop Rushmore McKenzie has more time, and more...)
2004(P.I. Holland Taylor returns in David Housewright’s Edgar ...)
2019
David Housewright married writer and theater critic for St. Paul Pioneer Press Renee Marie Valois. They have two children: Nicholas and Victoria.