The Minnesota Book Awards

Minnesota mystery writer Mary Logue will be on Realgoodwords coming up on April 9th. Her latest Claire Watkins book "Maiden Rock" is up for a Minnesota Book Award. The awards ceremony (I mean GALA!) will be on Saturday April 12th in St. Paul at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - Riverfront at 8pm.

Other past guests on Realgoodwords/KAXE who are nominated for this year's Minnesota Book Award:

Will Weaver's "Defect"

Alison McGhee's "Falling Boy"

William Kent Krueger's "Thunder Bay"

Kevin Kling's "The Dog Says Ha!"

Patricia Hampl's "The Florist's
Daughter"

Catherine Watson's "Home
on the Road: Further Disptaches from the Ends of the Earth"

Doug Hoverson's "Land of
Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota"

Annette
Atkins "Creating Minnesota: A History from the Inside Out"

Lorna Landvik's "The View from Mount Joy"

Congratulations to all the nominees!