Rick Shefchik was born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1974 and worked at the Duluth News-Tribune for three years. He then spent 26 years at the St. Paul Pioneer Press as a media critic, feature writer/columnist, enterprise reporter and sportswriter.He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota, with his wife, Barbara, daughter Claire and son David. He's a lifelong golfer and plays guitar with Yesterday’s News, an oldies band he formed with some of his fellow journalists.Series:* Sam Skarda Mystery
