IN PURSUIT OF THE MAD TRAPPER: If you’re not getting enough intriguing e-mail you might register for Clinton McKenzie’s periodic newsletter. Clinton’s most recent posting was about his February adventure in the Canadian Arctic. He and two friends retraced the steps of the Mad Trapper, a man who in 1933, murdered a Canadian Mountie and then eluded a Mountie pursuit by land and air for six weeks in some of Canada’s roughest and coldest country. This trip was a childhood fantasy of Clinton’s. A non-fiction book is in the works, so he’s taking a break from his suspense fiction series starring Antonio and Roberto Burns (“Edge of Justice,” etc.). He will be at the Equality State Book Festival in Casper Oct. 19-21, appearing on the mystery writers’ panels with C.J. Box, Craig Johnson, and Kathleen and Michael Gear. Clinton is a self-described surf bum from southern California who got bit by the rock climbing bug while attending UW Law School in Laramie. He later abandoned his job as a criminal prosecutor to write novels and go on Arctic adventures.
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