Marianne CombsThe 25th annual Minnesota Book Awards take place on April 13, 2013. Here’s who’s in the running:
Children’s Literature:
–A Leaf Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Violeta Dabija (Millbrook Press/Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.)
–It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Jeremy Tankard (Chronicle Books)
–Tell Me About Your Day Today by Mem Fox, illustrated by Lauren Stringer (Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
–Waking Dragons by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Derek Anderson (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
General Nonfiction:
–Debating the End of History: The Marketplace, Utopia, and the Fragmentation of Intellectual Life by David W. Noble (University of Minnesota Press)
–Forward: The First American Unsupported Expedition to the North Pole by John Huston and Tyler Fish (Octane Press)
–Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community by Brenda J. Child (Viking/Penguin Group)
–Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life by David Treuer (Atlantic Monthly Press/Grove/Atlantic, Inc.)
Genre Fiction:
–Curse of the Jade Lily by David Housewright (Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s Press)
–The Devil and the Diva by David Housewright and Renee Valois (Down and Out Books)
–Ruth3:5 by Michael Fridgen
–The Tutor’s Daughter by Julie Klassen (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group)
Memoir & Creative Nonfiction:
–Letters to a Young Madman by Paul Gruchow (Levins Publishing)
–Life on Ice: 25 Years of Arctic Exploration by Lonnie Dupre (Keen Editions)
–My Mother Is Now Earth by Mark Anthony Rolo (Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press)
–Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works by Atina Diffley (University of Minnesota Press)
Minnesota:
–Every Man Did His Duty: Pictures & Stories of the Men of the First Minnesota by Wayne D. Jorgenson (Tasora Books)
–Lost Duluth: Landmarks, Industries, Buildings, Homes, and the Neighborhoods in Which They Stood by Tony Dierckins and Maryanne C. Norton (Zenith City Press/X-Communication)
–The Minnesota Book of Skills: Your Guide to Smoking Whitefish, Sauna Etiquette, Tick Extraction, and More by Chris Niskanen (Minnesota Historical Society Press)
–Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota by Gwen Westerman and Bruce White (Minnesota Historical Society Press)
Novel & Short Story:
–The Healing by Jonathan Odell (Nan A. Talese/Random House, Inc.)
–It Takes You Over by Nick Healy (New Rivers Press)
–The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Harper/HarperCollins Publishers)
–Vladimir’s Mustache and Other Stories by Stephan Eirik Clark (Russian Life Books)
Poetry:
–The First Day of Spring in Northern Minnesota by Jim Johnson (Red Dragonfly Press)
–Odessa by Patricia Kirkpatrick (Milkweed Editions)
–Pitch by Todd Boss (W. W. Norton & Company)
–Salt Pier by Dore Kiesselbach (University of Pittsburgh Press)
Young People’s Literature:
–Goblin Secrets by William Alexander (Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc.)
–Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach (Sourcebooks Fire/Sourcebooks, Inc.)
–Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus (Amulet Books/Abrams)
–Silhouette of a Sparrow by Molly Beth Griffin (Milkweed Editions)
