Joe Albert

Joe Albert is the author of the Tony Leach series of crime novels, which includes OUT OF THE DARK, THE RIVER and TWO SHOTS. The books take place in northern Minnesota and feature Leach, a game warden for the state Department of Natural Resources.

An award-winning journalist, Joe was an outdoor writer for more than a decade before going to work in law enforcement communications. He graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and lives in Alexandria, Minn., with his wife and two children.