Career
He is the author of the novels Amen Corner, published in 2007, Green Monster, published August 1, 2008 by Poisoned Pen Press, Frozen Tundra, published in 2010 by North Star Press and Rather See You Dead, e-published in 2011. 2012 saw the release of his first book of nonfiction, From Fields to Fairways: Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press). In 2015, he released Everybody"s Heard About the Bird: The True Story of 1960s Rock "n" Roll in Minnesota.
(University of Minnesota Press).
From 1993 to 2004, he wrote the weekly syndicated newspaper column "Go Ask Dad", which appeared in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and other papers nationwide. The column offered an offbeat, warm and often humorous take on fatherhood.
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, he graduated from Dartmouth College. After working in public relations and as a full-time musician, he began his journalism career at the Duluth News Tribune in 1978.
After moving to the Pioneer Press, he worked as a sportswriter, television critic and music critic before the creation of "Go Ask Dad".
In 2006, he left the newspaper to become a full-time novelist.
