The Friends Blog

Raki Kopernik, author of The Things You Left Novel & Short Story category, sponsored by College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here.…

David Housewright, author of From the Grave: A McKenzie Novel  Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. In a year defined…

Brian Freeman, author of The Deep, Deep Snow Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. In a year defined by…

Amy Lynn Green, author of Things We Didn’t Say Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. In a year defined by…

Nate Granzow, author of Get Idiota Genre Fiction category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. In a year defined by a pandemic and…

Danez Smith, author of Homie: Poems Poetry category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. Each week leading up to the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. In a year defined by a pandemic…