About Les Layton

Author Les Layton Les Layton is a former business writer and investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Wall Street Journal. He was nominated for several Pulitzer Prizes and won many writing awards. Today, he is president of Whitney Worldwide Inc., a St. Paul company that does lead generation, customer retention and marketing research. It also distributes 3M anti-tarnish, cleaning and safety products.

Honored as Minnesota’s Mr. Golf for 2002, he has been a club champion, had eight holes in one and set two course records. Layton competed in Minnesota’s top amateur tournaments for years. He has been a member at four different country clubs, including a few of the nation’s finest.

Layton’s volunteer work includes serving 10 years on the Minnesota Golf Association Executive Committee and helping major church, school and other non-profit fundraising campaigns. He also is on the board of one of Minnesota’s largest colleges. He is working on his next novel.