The Gift Gallery will feature an after hours book signing/talk with Award-winning author Jess Lourey as well as Jessie Chandler and Judy Kerr all from Minnesota!

Books will be available for purchase and signing the night of the event.

Judy M. Kerr

Judy M. Kerr lives and writes in Minnesota. Black Friday, the first novel in her MC McCall series with a postal inspector protagonist, was published by Launch Point Press in July 2019. Silent Service, the second series installment, was released in March 2022. A number of Judy’s short stories have been published in various anthologies, including “Ruby Red Heist” in the Dark Side of the Loon: Where History Meets Mystery anthology published in 2018 by the Twin Cities Chapter of Sisters in Crime. She is currently working with Jessie Chandler, co-authoring a crime fiction novel loosely based on two MN crimes from the 1970s. Judy also serves as Secretary for the Twin Cities Chapter of Sisters in Crime. http://judymkerr.com/

Jess Lourey

Jess Lourey is the Edgar-nominated, 2022 ITW Thriller Award and Anthony Award winning, bestselling author of true-crime inspired thrillers. Her latest book, The Quarry Girls, released November 1 and is set in 1977 St. Cloud. https://www.jessicalourey.com/

Jessie Chandler

Jessie Chandler is the author of eight novels, including the humorously suspenseful Shay O’Hanlon Caper Series. Her crime fiction has garnered a Lambda Literary finalist nod, three Golden Crown Literary Awards, three USA Book Awards, and an Independent Publisher Book Award. As a kid, Jessie honed an interest in crime and punishment by avidly reading Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia Brown, and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Three Investigators series under the covers with a flashlight. She currently lives in Central Minnesota with her crazy family, including three too adorable for their own good mutts, and three deviously cute cats. Fall and winter finds Jessie feverishly writing, and she spends springtime knee deep in edits and revisions. Summers are spent selling T-shirts, books, and other assorted trinkets to unsuspecting conference and festivalgoers. http://www.jessiechandler.com/