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Laura Zimmermann, author of Just Do This One Thing for Me Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Minnesota Humanities Center 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…

Dr. Artika Tyner, author of Reimagining Police: The Future of Public Safety Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Minnesota Humanities Center 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…

Nicole Kronzer, author of The Roof Over Our Heads Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Minnesota Humanities Center 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…

Shannon Gibney, author of The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be Young Adult Literature Category, sponsored by Minnesota Humanities Center 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.…

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…