M. A. Hugger lives on a Mississippi River backwater in Wabasha County, Minnesota, near the National Eagle Center, the Grumpy Old Men fishing contests, and farmers who harvest Sand ...view moreM. A. Hugger lives on a Mississippi River backwater in Wabasha County, Minnesota, near the National Eagle Center, the Grumpy Old Men fishing contests, and farmers who harvest Sand Prairie melons. She is the author of two novels—Danny Malloy and His Mississippi River Samurai and Danny Malloy, Samurai Summer.view less