Allen Eskens

Allen Eskens is an American author of crime thriller novels. He is a USA Today bestselling author. Allen grew up in the hills of Missouri. He has a journalism degree from the University of Minnesota and a law degree from Hamline University. After law school, he studied creative writing in the M.F.A. program at Minnesota State University-Mankato. Allen has practiced as a criminal defense attorney for 25 years in Minnesota. He lives there with his wife, Joely.