Mark Munger

Mark Munger, a retired District Court Judge, is a lifelong resident of Northeastern Minnesota. Mark's primary focus in his writing is fiction, though he has also authored a massive biography of Minnesota's most beloved legislator and premier environmentalist, Rep. Willard Munger ("Mr. Environment: The Willard Munger Story"). Additionally, Mark has published a collection of outdoor stories ("Black Water"), two short story collections ("Ordinary Lives" and "Kulkuri") as well as eight novels. He is a life-long reader and writer and his novels are examples of fine regional fiction, praised for their use of local color, geography, and history intermixed with compelling characters and plots. When not writing books, Mark concentrates on book reviews which appear on his website, www.cloquetriverpress.com, and doing interviews for the Finnish American Reporter. Mark's Finnish American trilogy is his most-read series. Mark is an avid outdoors enthusiast and the father of four sons. He and his wife, Rene' (an artist and retired Guardian ad Litem) live on the banks of the wild and scenic Cloquet River north of Duluth and are the owners of Cloquet River Press.