The Friends Blog

Junauda Petrus, author of Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? Children’s Literature Category 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 detail you…

Cori Doerrfeld, author of Beneath Children’s Literature Category 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 detail you wanted to include in this book, but couldn’t find…

Ty Chapman, author of Looking for Happy Children’s Literature Category 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 detail you wanted to include in this book, but…

Laura Purdie Salas, author of Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons Children’s Literature Category 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 detail you wanted to…

Jennifer Manthey, author of The Fight Poetry Category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. 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 detail you wanted to include in…

Claire Wahmanholm, author of Meltwater Poetry Category, sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc. 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 detail you wanted to include in this…