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Virginia Wright-Peterson, author of Rochester: An Urban Biography  Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 35th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would…

Lansing Shepard, Don Luce, Barbara Coffin, and Gwen Schagrin, authors of A Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum  Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Annette and John Whaley Each week leading up to the 35th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also…

Bao Phi, author of You are Life Children’s Literature Category, sponsored by Bernadette Janisch Each week leading up to the 35th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would you tell us one or two things…

Lauren Stringer, author of The Dark was Done  Children’s Literature Category, sponsored by Bernadette Janisch Each week leading up to the 35th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would you tell us one or two…

Kristin Schroeder, author of So Much Snow; illustrated by Sarah Jacoby Children’s Literature Category, sponsored by Bernadette Janisch Each week leading up to the 35th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would you tell us…

Diane Wilson, Sun Yung Shin, Shannon Gibney & John Coy, authors of Where We Come From, illustrated by Dion MBD Children’s Literature Category, sponsored by Bernadette Janisch Each week leading up to the 35th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with…