Lee Aldrich

Welcome! Thanks for stopping by! My name is Lee Aldrich. I write fiction for adults and children, stories of mystery and suspense in which characters also navigate complex and bittersweet relationships.

My Goal: Hoping to be traditionally published, I am preparing to query a contemporary adult mystery. You may walk this path with me by clicking on Lee Word.

Lee Word: Leeward is the side protected from the wind where snow, dirt, and debris are deposited. In Lee Word (my play on this term) I examine the sheltered side of writing where windswept things (business-related) accumulate and need to be sorted.

BIO

bookshelf of nonfiction books

Lee Aldrich, Ed.D., was a faculty member in technical and community colleges in Wisconsin and Minnesota before turning to writing. Born in Minnesota and raised in North Dakota, Dr. Aldrich now resides in a small town a few miles northwest of Minneapolis. In addition to reading and writing, Dr. Aldrich enjoys –daily and in this order–eating doughnuts, going for walks, gardening, talking about books, hanging with family and friends, and cooking as long as the recipe does not require use of a food processor, an air fryer, an Instapot, or a microwave.

Family History

My great grandparents emigrated from Norway and were fishers on Lake Superior. During World War II, one of the family fishing boats was commissioned by the Coast Guard to patrol the harbor incognito. Duluth was considered a strategic target because of iron ore shipments to industries in the east.

Other Things of Possible Interest:

I was a downhill skier until I broke one wrist and severely sprained the other and couldn’t brush my teeth for a week.

I love sunny days, rainy days, starry nights, stormy nights, blizzards, and snow days. I do not love hail or tornadoes.

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Jokes often fly over my head. I sometimes get them a few days later and laugh at awkward moments.

Favorite season: winter (mostly).

Celebrated author born on my birthday: Charles Dickens.

A poem I wrote about a robin was read aloud to my second-grade class. A short story (an assignment) I wrote was read aloud to my high school English class. I once wrote a college textbook; it no longer brings in royalties.

Favorite living authors (some just for fun): Andy Weir, Jennifer A. Nielsen, J.K. Rowling (only for Harry Potter), Brandon Sanderson, Lee Child, Anthony Horowitz, Robert Thorogood, Richard Osman, Steven Pinker, Daniel Goleman, Malcolm Gladwell, and many others.

Favorite dead authors: Agatha Christie, Dick Francis, Paul Gallico, Helen MacInnes, John LeCarre, John Flanagan, Rumor Godden, Ellis Peters, C.S. Lewis, and, again, many others.