On Saturday, April 16th, the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library held their 23rd annual Minnesota Book Awards Gala, with around 750 people in attendance. During the event, winners from eight categories were announced, along with one winner of the Readers’ Choice Award. The winning titles include:
Award for Children’s Literature
Michael Hall – My Heart Is Like a Zoo
Award for General Nonfiction
Michael Nordskog and Aaron W. Hautala, photography – The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition
Award for Genre Fiction
Wendy Webb – The Tale of Halcyon Crane
Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction
Bonnie J. Rough – Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA
Award for Minnesota
Mary Lethert Wingerd – North Country: The Making of Minnesota
Award for Novel & Short Story
John Reimringer – Vestments
Award for Poetry
Lightsey Darst – Find the Girl
Award for Young People’s Literature
Pete Hautman – Blank Confession
The Readers’ Choice Award
Laurie Hertzel – News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist
Be sure to check out the books in more detail here.