award-winning journalist and author

John Rosengren is a freelance journalist based in Minneapolis. His articles have appeared in The Atavist, The Atlantic, GQ, The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, and The Washington Post Magazine, among other publications. He’s also the author of ten books, including the novel A Clean Heart and the biography Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes. His work has won more than two dozen awards and been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and National Magazine Award (though, alas, it didn’t win either of those).

Articles

The Pretender

The Pretender

People in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, thought Lois Riess was a nice wife and grandmother. If she had a vice, it was playing the slots. Then she committed murder.

The Atavist, October 2020

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The Pretender

The Pretender

People in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, thought Lois Riess was a nice wife and grandmother. If she had a vice, it was playing the slots. Then she committed murder.

The Atavist, October 2020

read more

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