The Friends Blog

Marcie Rendon, author of Sinister Graves  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…

Jess Lourey, author of Quarry Girls  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…

Janna Knittel, author of Real Work  Poetry Category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. 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…

Sun Yung Shin, author of The Wet Hex  Poetry Category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. 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…

Sheila Packa, author of Surface Displacements Poetry Category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. 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…

John Lee Clark, author of How to Communicate  Poetry Category, sponsored by Wellington, Management, Inc. 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…