Award-winning poet and mystery writer Mary Logue was born and raised in Minnesota. Her most recent books are Maiden Rock,her eighth crime novel; Skullduggery, the second in the Bloodwater mystery series with Pete Hautman; and Meticulous Attachment, her third book of poems. Her most recent awards include: Snatched, the first book in the Bloodwater series, nominated for an Edgar Award; Meticulous Attachment, awarded honorable mention by the Midwest Booksellers Association; and Dark Coulee won a Minnesota Book Award. She has also published a young adult novel, Dancing with an Alien, with HarperCollins. Her non-fiction books include a biography of her grandmother, Halfway Home, and a book on Minnesota courthouses, both published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. She has been an editor at the Village Voice, Simon & Schuster, Graywolf Press, Mid-List Press, and The Creative Company and has had articles published in the Village Voice, the New York Times and the Hungry Mind Review. She has taught for many years at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota, and Hamline University in St. Paul. She lives with writer Pete Hautman in Minnesota and Wisconsin.