Joy Riggs is a freelance writer based in Northfield, Minnesota, a quaint college town located 50 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul.  Northfield is known, among other things, for foiling an attempted bank robbery by Jesse James and his gang in 1876. Joy researched and wrote the text for the Northfield Historical Society's museum exhibit about the botched raid.

Joy’s writes a monthly column for Minnesota Parent magazine about teen and tween issues.  Her work also has appeared in Minnesota Monthly, AAA Living, and Minnesota Law & Politics; in the Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications, Beautiful New Homes and Building Ideas; and in newspapers including the Star Tribune, the Des Moines Register and the Indianapolis News.  Joy specializes in writing about parenting and education issues.

When she’s not writing for others, Joy writes a blog about her great-grandfather, G. Oliver Riggs, and the other members of her musical family at mymusicalfamily.blogspot.com. She is fascinated by Minnesota history, and, as a native of Alexandria, Minn., she truly wants to believe in the authenticity of the Kensington Runestone.

Pictured in the above photo is Joy’s great-aunt, Rosalie Riggs, on a dock in northern Minnesota.

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