Laurie Hertzel has been a journalist her whole life, working at the Duluth News-Tribune, Minnesota Monthly, and, for the past 15 years, the Star Tribune. She is the author of three books of nonfiction, including the recent memoir, “News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist,” winner of a 2011 Minnesota Book Award.
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