Chris Norbury
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Chris Norbury is the award-winning author of the mystery-suspense-thrillers Straight River and Castle Danger, the first two novels of a planned series. The stories feature Matt Lanier, a southern Minnesota farm kid turned professional musician whose middle-class world is turned upside down when he uncovers a conspiracy run by a powerful, ambitious, violent real estate magnate.
He grew up in the Twin Cities and earned a B.S. in Music Education at the University of Minnesota. After jobs as a band director, financial planner, wine consultant, and private investor, Chris began writing seriously in his early fifties. 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’s a big fan of independent bookstores and promotes the website indiebound.org whenever he can.
A volunteer Big Brother since 2000, Chris donates a portion of his book sales to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota. During golf season, he works on perfecting his golf game and makes time to canoe the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. He and his wife live in Owatonna MN. Connect with him at chrisnorbury.com
Author of Straight River, a 2019 KBR Awards Mystery/Thriller Semifinalist,
and Castle Danger, winner of a 2017 B.R.A.G. Medallion.
Honorable Mention for Genre Fiction in the 2017 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards.
Finalist--Adult Fiction, 2018 MN Writes, MN Reads Self-Published Author Contest
You can reach Chris at his website below.