Minnesota Mystery Night

A past president of the Private Eye Writers of America, David Housewright has published 32 novels including his most recent, Them Bones (St. Martin’s Minotaur) and Girl In A Dumpster (Down and Out Books). 

He has earned an Edgar Award from Mystery Writers of America, a Shamus nomination from the PWA, and three Minnesota Books Awards. 

A reformed newspaper reporter and ad man, he 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.

Housewright lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with his wife and author, Renee Valois.

Information about all of his books can be found at www.davidhousewright.com.

Patrick Coyle is a Saint Paul based writer, director, actor and singer. 

He has written and directed four nationally released feature films: DETECTIVE FICTION, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005; INTO TEMPTATION, starring Jeremy Sisto and Kristin Chenowith; THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, starring Emily Bridges, and UNHOLY COMMUNION, an adaptation of the Thomas Rumreich crime novel, released in 2025 and currently available on Amazon, Prime, Apple TV and many other platforms. 

His newest play, BIG BLUE RIVER, premiered in 2023 at the North Garden Theatre in Saint Paul, MN and ran for six sold out weeks, receiving a year-end Critics’ Choice Citation. 

Coyle is an adjunct professor of film at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and lead singer of the band, ONE HIT WONDERS. 

He is married to playwright Lily Coyle. They have two daughters.