William Swanson

Senior editor William Swanson is involved in story planning, development, and editing. He also writes five or six major feature stories for the magazine a year. Before joining the magazine, in January 1997, Bill spent more than thirteen years as a freelance writer, editor, and consultant for a variety of publications and corporations. Prior to that, he was managing editor of Corporate Report magazine and founding editor of Twin Cities magazine. A journalism and English major at the University of Minnesota, he has won several regional and national honors, including the City and Regional Magazine Association’s Gold Award for writing excellence. Bill’s new book, Dial M: The Murder of Carol Thompson—a true account of the Twin Cities’ most notorious homicide—was published in March by Borealis Books. Bill and his wife, Libby, live in Minneapolis's Linden Hills neighborhood.