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Jeremy Norton, author of Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers 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…

Emily Strasser, author of Half-Life of a Secret: Reckoning with a Hidden History Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Category, sponsored by Bradshaw Celebration of Life Centers 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…

Benjamin Percy, author of The Sky Vault Novel & Short Story 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 you…

V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Brotherless Night Novel & Short Story 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 you wanted…

Mona Susan Power, author of A Council of Dolls Novel & Short Story 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…

Will Weaver, author of Power & Light Novel & Short Story 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 you…