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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…

Will McGrath, author of Farewell Transmission: Notes from Hidden Spaces  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.…

Teresa Wilhelm Waldof, author of Wilhelm’s Way: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved The Manhattan Project    General Nonfiction Category, sponsored by The Duchess Harris Collection 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…

Maya Washington, author of Through the Banks of the Red Cedar: My Father and the Team That Changed the Game  General Nonfiction Category, sponsored by The Duchess Harris Collection 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…

Carolyn Chalmers, author of They Don’t Want Her There: Fighting Sexual and Racial Harassment in the American University  General Nonfiction Category, sponsored by The Duchess Harris Collection 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…