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Allen Eskens

Allen Eskens
Allen Eskens is the USA Today bestselling author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another, The Heavens May Fall, The Deep Dark Descending, and The Shadows We Hide. He is the recipient of the Barry Award, the Rosebud Award, Minnesota Book Award, and the Silver Falchion Award, and has been a finalist for the Edgar Award, the Thriller Award, and the Anthony Award. His debut novel, The Life We Bury, has been published in 21 languages and is being developed for a feature film. Eskens lives with his wife, Joely, in out-state Minnesota, where he was a criminal defense attorney for 25 years.


Why Lawyers Make Such Good (and Bad) Mystery Novelists

Allen Eskens makes the case for writers with legal experience.

September 20, 2022  By Allen Eskens
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On the Benefits of Building a Book Series Out of a Community of Characters

Changing protagonists can set a writer—and a reader—free.

December 5, 2019  By Allen Eskens
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Writing Characters Who Are in the Throes of Addiction

A Lawyer and Mystery Novelist Reflects on Drug Court

November 16, 2018  By Allen Eskens
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