Dennis Carstens is a reputable author who was born in Worthington, Minnesota, and has spent most of his life in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. He is a proud member of the long-suffering fraternity of Vikings, Twins, Wild, and Timberwolf fans, which reflects his love and connection to his home state. Carstens obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota and his law degree from a highly respected private law school, William Mitchell, in St. Paul. His educational and professional background has significantly contributed to the realism and accuracy of his legal thrillers.\n \n Carstens is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a retired trial lawyer, which has given him a wealth of life experiences that he brings to his fiction. He is dedicated to creating thought-provoking, entertaining, and contemporary stories that showcase an over-arching theme. His writing style is characterized by a larger-than-normal number of characters, as he prefers to use dialogue and actions to tell the story. He is not a fan of novels that are page after page of third-person narration, which is why he allows his sense of humor to shine through in his writing.\n \n As a fan of courtroom dramas and legal mysteries, Carstens has read all the big-name, very successful authors in the genre. However, he believes that some of them have never been in a courtroom, conducted a trial, or represented a live human client. Therefore, he strives to be as realistic as possible in his writing, using his literary license only to move the story along. Overall, Carstens is a talented author who brings a unique perspective and realism to the legal thriller genre.