The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library have announced the finalists in all nine categories for the 29th Annual Minnesota Book Awards. Award winners will be announced April 8 at the InterContinental Hotel Saint Paul Riverfront.

The Preface reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 - $55 and available by online or calling (651) 222-3242. Chosen on Saturday, Jan. 28, by 27 judges from around the state – writers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and others from the literary comunity – the finalists for each category are:



*Indicates a Minnesota Publisher Children's Literature Tell Me a Tattoo Story

by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler

(Chronicle Books)

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This is NOT a Cat!

by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka

(Sterling Children's Books)

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Worm Loves Worm

by J.J. Austrian, illustrated by Mike Curato

(Balzer + Bray)

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Yellow Time

by Lauren Stringer

(Beach Lane Books)



General Nonfiction Canoes: A Natural History in North America

by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

(University of Minnesota Press*)

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Designing Our Way to a Better World

by Thomas Fisher

(University of Minnesota Press*)

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Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction

by Benjamin Percy

(Gray wolf Press*)

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The War on Science: Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It

by Shawn Otto

(Milkweed Editions*)



Genre Fiction The Born and the Made

by Robert Spande

(self-published)

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The Heavens May Fall

by Allen Eskens

(Seventh Street Books)

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Rise of the Spring Tide

by James Stitt

(self-published)

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Stealing the Countess

by David Housewright

(Minotaur Books)

Memoir and Creative Nonfiction I Live Inside: Memoirs of a Babe in Toyland