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TODD MELBY is the author of A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of ‘Fargo’, a book about the Coen Brothers’ masterpiece, was published by MNHS Press.
He’s also the host of The Drunk Projectionist film podcast.
Black Gold Boom, his public media series on North Dakota’s oil boom, featured stories of hope and despair. A television documentary with the same name aired on PBS stations nationwide.
Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70 and Death’s Footprint, radio documentaries he co-produced with Diane Richard, won national Edward R. Murrow awards.
He lives in Minnesota.