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Ranae Lenor Hanson, author of Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress  Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers Each week leading up to the 34th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with…

Said Shaiye, author of Are You Borg Now? Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers Each week leading up to the 34th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here.…

William Kent Krueger, author of Lightning Strike: a Novel Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 34th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would you tell us…

Abby Jimenez, author of Life’s Too Short Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 34th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would you tell us one or…

Allen Eskens, author of The Stolen Hours Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 34th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would you tell us one or…

Tom Combs, author of Insurrection Genre Fiction Category, sponsored by Macalester College Each week leading up to the 34th annual Minnesota Book Awards Ceremony, we are featuring exclusive interviews with our 36 finalists. You can also watch the authors in conversation with their fellow category finalists here. Would you tell us one or two things…