Joe Albert is the author of the Tony Leach series of novels, including TWO SHOTS, THE RIVER, and OUT OF THE DARK. 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 has been an outdoors writer for more than a decade. He graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and lives in Bloomington, Minn., with his wife and two children.