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 movie House of Sand
and Fog.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. Their home, called "Breezy", is passive and
active solar, geothermal, wind-powered, and super-insulated. Otto
designed it, and the couple built it with their own hands. Otto's
family forefather, C.D. Gilfillan, co-founded the Republican Party of
Minnesota.Otto is a past (2009â€"2011) Board Chair of the Loft
Literary Center in Minneapolis.During the Hollywood writers' strike in
2007 and 2008, Otto co-founded and became the CEO of the Science
Debate 2008. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain
participated in the debate.
nonfiction author, filmmaker, political strategist, speaker, science
advocate, and screenwriter and co-producer of the movie House of Sand
and Fog.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. Their home, called "Breezy", is passive and
active solar, geothermal, wind-powered, and super-insulated. Otto
designed it, and the couple built it with their own hands. Otto's
family forefather, C.D. Gilfillan, co-founded the Republican Party of
Minnesota.Otto is a past (2009â€"2011) Board Chair of the Loft
Literary Center in Minneapolis.During the Hollywood writers' strike in
2007 and 2008, Otto co-founded and became the CEO of the Science
Debate 2008. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain
participated in the debate.
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