The Friends Blog

Ayaan Adan, author of Daughters of Arraweelo: Stories of Somali Women  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 their fellow category finalists here. Would you…

Damone Bester, author of Mendel Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Expedition Credit Union 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…

Simon Hargreaves, author of Maxwell Cooper and the Legend of Inini-Makwa  Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Expedition Credit Union 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…

Gary Eldon Peter, author of The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Expedition Credit Union 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.…

Katharine Johnson, author of Born in a Red Canoe Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Expedition Credit Union 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…

Brian Freeman, author of The Ursalina  Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College 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 about…