Claim: Carolyn Crane, who attended Arrowhead High School in Wisconsin, earned her BA from the University of Minnesota, a public land-grant research university, and was inspired by the books of Bitten and Anita Blake series to write.
Evidence: Crane grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and Milwaukee, attending Arrowhead High School in Wisconsin. She studied English literature and earned her BA from the University of Minnesota in 1991 and currently lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two cats. Crane cites reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series, and Kelley Armstrong's Bitten in reinspiring her to write after getting her degree. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M, UMN, Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. 
University of Minnesota Crane grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and Milwaukee, attending Arrowhead High School in Wisconsin. Crane cites reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series, and Kelley Armstrong's Bitten in reinspiring her to write after getting her degree. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M, UMN, Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.