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Ned Netzel, Nic Peloquin, Mary K. Tennis, Greg Conley & Eric Goerdt, authors of Smoke on the Waterfront: The Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook General Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Loren & Christine Danielson Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch…

Nate Patrin, author of The Needle and the Lens: Pop Goes to the Movies from Rock ‘n’ Roll to Synthwave General Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Loren & Christine Danielson Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in…

John Noltner, author of Lessons on the Road to Peace General Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Loren & Christine Danielson Each week leading up to the 36th 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. What is one…

John Rosengren, author of The Greatest Summer in Baseball History General Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Loren & Christine Danielson Each week leading up to the 36th 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. What is one…

Emily Strasser, author of Half-Life of a Secret: Reckoning with a Hidden History Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow…

Jeremy Norton, author of Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers Each week leading up to the 36th annual Minnesota Book Awards, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their…