Shawn Lawrence Otto

Shawn Lawrence Otto (born April 21, 1961) is an American novelist, nonfiction author, filmmaker, political strategist, speaker, science advocate, and screenwriter and co-producer of the 2003 film House of Sand and Fog.

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain participated in the debate.

[4][5] Otto lives on a hobby farm near Marine on St. Croix with his wife, Rebecca Otto, a former Minnesota State Auditor and 2018 candidate for Governor.

[6][7] Their home, called "Breezy", is passive and active solar, geothermal, wind-powered, and super-insulated house that they designed and built.

[8] Otto is a past (2009–2011) Board Chair of the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.