The Friends Blog

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Steve Healey, author of Safe Houses I Have Known, part of the Poetry category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. How does it feel to be a Minnesota Book Award…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with William Kent Krueger, author of This Tender Land, part of the Novel & Short Story category, sponsored by College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University How does it feel to…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Staci Lola Drouillard, author of Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe, part of the Minnesota Nonfiction category How does it…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with H. M. Bouwman, author of A Tear in the Ocean, part of the Middle Grade Literature category, sponsored by Education Minnesota How does it feel to be a Minnesota…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Karen Babine, author of All the Wild Hungers, part of the Memoir & Creative Nonfiction category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers How does it feel to be…

Each day leading up to the 32nd annual Minnesota Book Awards announcement, we’ll be featuring an exclusive interview with one of our 36 finalists. Interview with Bao Phi, author of My Footprints, part of the Children’s Literature category, sponsored by Books for Africa How does it feel to be a Minnesota Book Award finalist? I’m…