Carl Brookins is a crime fiction writer and reviewer. He writes four different mystery series: a sailing adventure series set in different international destinations; a series of crime novels involving academic characters; a private investigator series featuring a short, red-tennis-shoe-wearing urban detective with a tall girlfriend; and the Lockem and Kane detective series. He has been a public television producer and executive as well as a college counselor and instructor. He has reviewed mystery and crime fiction for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and Mystery Scene Magazine, and his reviews appear on his website, on several blogs, and on various online review sites. He is an active member of Sisters in Crime, and he once toured as a member of the Minnesota Crime Wave. During his military service he regularly interacted with members of the CIA and other government agents. He's happily married to a former publisher of the Minnesota Historical Society Press, with whom he has sailed extensively in various oceans of the world, and with whom he has raised two successful daughters. Together they live in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
