The Friends Blog

Juliana Brandt, author of Monsters in the Mist Middle Grade Literature Category, sponsored by Education Minnesota 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…

Anika Fajardo, author of Meet Me in the Middle Middle Grade Literature Category, sponsored by Education Minnesota 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…

Brian Farrey, author of The Counterclockwise Heart  Middle Grade Literature Category, sponsored by Education Minnesota 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…

Mary Moore Easter, author of The Way She Wants to Get There: Telling on Myself  Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers 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…

Juliet Patterson, author of Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide  Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers 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…

Staci Lola Drouillard, author of Seven Aunts  Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers 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…