Chris Norbury is the award-winning author of the mystery-suspense-thrillers Straight River, Castle Danger, and Dangerous Straits. The stories feature Matt Lanier, a southern Minnesota farm-kid-turned-professional-musician whose middle-class world is turned upside down by a conspiracy of powerful, ambitious, violent men.

He grew up in the Twin Cities and earned a B.S. in Music Education at the University of Minnesota. He’s written for several websites as a freelance writer. His essays on wilderness canoeing have been published in the Boundary Waters Journal.

Chris is a member of the Twin Cities and national chapters of Sisters in Crime and the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). He also advocates for independent bookstores and promotes the website indiebound.org.

A volunteer Big Brother for 20 years, and now a Big Brother "Emeritus," Chris donates a portion of all book sales to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota. During golf season in Minnesota, he works on perfecting his golf game, an impossible dream and an excellent excuse to get outdoors. He lives in Owatonna, MN, with his wife, golf clubs, and vintage wood strip canoe.