Minnesota Mystery Night

Tracy Clark is the acclaimed author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series and the Detective Harriet Foster series. She received Anthony Award and Lefty Award nominations for series debut Broken Places, which was shortlisted for the American Library Association's RUSA Reading List and named a CrimeReads Best New PI Book of 2018, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Her book, Echo, was a 2025 winner of an Anthony Award for best paperback novel. A Chicago native, Clark is a member of Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime and sits on the boards of Bouchercon National and the Midwest Mystery Conference. 

Tracy Brigden is the Senior Artistic Producer of Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. She has recently directed several theatrical mysteries, including Agatha Christie's, The Mouse Trap. Previoiusly, she served as Artistic Director at City Theatre Company in Pittsburgh for 16 years leading the company to its prominent and respected place as a major incubator and producer of new plays and musicals. As a freelance director, she has worked around the country, including multiple off-Broadway productions.  In addition to her undergraduate degree in directing from Northwestern University, she holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Point Park University.