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Larry Millett has combined his interest in journalism architectural history and mystery fiction to create an unusual writing career A native of Minneapolis he attended school there and then went on to obtain a bachelor s degrees in English from St John s University and a master s degree from the University of Chicago He began working as a general assignment reporter for the St Paul Pioneer Press in 1972 and became the newspaper s first architecture critic after a year of study on a fellowship to the University of Michigan Larry s first book The Curve of the Arch appeared in 1985 Since then he s written eleven other works of nonfiction including Lost Twin Cities which has been in continuous print for than twenty years La Larry Millett has combined his interest in journalism architectural history and mystery fiction to create an unusual writing career A native of Minneapolis he attended school there and then went on to obtain a bachelor s degrees in English from St John s University and a master s degree from the University of Chicago He began working as a general assignment reporter for the St Paul Pioneer Press in 1972 and became the newspaper s first architecture critic after a year of study on a fellowship to the University of Michigan Larry s first book The Curve of the Arch appeared in 1985 Since then he s written eleven other works of nonfiction including Lost Twin Cities which has been in continuous print for than twenty years Larry began writing mystery fiction in 1996 by bringing the world s most famous consulting detective to Minnesota for The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon He s published six other novels featuring Holmes Dr Watson and St Paul saloonkeeper Shadwell Rafferty Larry lives in St Paul s historic West Seventh Street neighborhood with his wife and occasional writing partner Jodie Ahern who is also an accomplished painter and a freelance copy editor site_link This publication shares the story of the Turnblad family and tells the architectural history and context of their exquisite home Journalist and author Larry Millett provides engaging text alongside the colorful photography of Matt Schmidt who partnered on _Minnesota s Own_ from which this is excerpted Today the castle is part of the American Swedish Institute which has evolved into a vibrant arts and cultural organization that engages locally and connects globally Turnblad Castle