She’s a retired professor of writing and sociology, a recipient of the Loft’s Excellence in Teaching fellowship, and a TEDx presenter. Lourey is an Amazon Charts bestselling, Edgar, Agatha, and Lefty-nominated, International Thriller Writers and Anthony award-winning author. Desperately searching for answers, Heather learns no one in her community is who they seem to be. But their vow is tested when their friend disappears – the second girl to vanish in a week. Something they saw in the dark, and they’ve decided to never tell a soul. Best friends Heather and Brenda have a secret. “The Quarry Girls”: by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer/Amazon Publishing). Genre Fiction, sponsored by Macalester College “The Quarry Girls” by Jess Lourey. She holds a bachelor’s degree in speech communications and a master’s degree from the University of Teresa Wilhelm Waldof is an independent scholar and speaker on the Ames Project section of the Manhattan Project. With only a few grams of pure uranium in existence, the team worked through challenges and surpassed expectations. The story of Iowa State College chemistry professor Harley Wilhelm and a small, dedicated team working to prove a controlled nuclear chain reaction was possible. Wilhelm Waldof (Third Generation Publishing*). “Wilhelm’s Way”: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved The Manhattan Project”: by Teresa General Nonfiction, sponsored by The Duchess Harris Collection She began writing for children in 2014 in between running a business and raising her kids. She returned to Minnesota with an Aussie husband, two children, and dual citizenship. As the week progresses, the snow piles up – even past Moose’s antlers! Schroeder lived in Australia for 11 years. Follow seven forest creatures, from a tiny mouse to a giant moose, as they hunker down in a snowstorm. “So Much Snow”: by Kristen Schroeder illustrated by Sarah Jacoby (Random House Studio/Penguin Random House). (*Indicates a Minnesota-based publisher) Children’s Literature, sponsored by Bernadette Janisch “So Much Snow” by Kristen Schroeder and Sarah Jacoby. Here are the winners of the 35th annual Book Awards, with information about the authors and their books compiled by the Friends. Paul Public Library, presented and sponsored by Education Minnesota. The annual Book Awards program is coordinated by Friends of the St. Paul, with entertainer Jearlyn Steele as master of ceremonies. Some of the best books by Minnesota writers first published in 2022 won Minnesota Book Awards tonight during a ceremony at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St.

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