Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners
by Award Year, 1988-2007

1988 | 1989 | 1991* | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997
1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

*Note: No awards were held in 1990. 

Please also note that the award winners listed for each year were awarded in the year following publication (i.e. winners published in 2006 were announced in 2007 at the 19th Annual Minnesota Book Awards).

(Winners indicated by the icon; all others are Finalists)

1991 Biography

 Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays
Bill Holm
Milkweed Editions

The Days of Rondo
Evelyn Fairbanks
Minnesota Historical Society Press

Road Song
Natalie Kusz
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Grand Obsession: Madame Curie and Her World
Rosalynd Pflaum
Doubleday

Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick
Lawrence Sutin
Harmony Books

1991 Fantasy & Science Fiction

 Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, book 1
Patricia C. Wrede
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: Jane Yolen Books

Phoenix
Steven Brust
Berkeley: Ace Books

Wolf and Iron
Gordon R. Dickson
T. Doherty Associates: A TOR Book

Hero
Joel Rosenberg
Penguin: A Roc Book

1991 Fiction

 The Stone Canoe and Other Stories
John L. Peyton
McDonald & Woodward

North of Hope: A Novel
Jon Hassler
Ballantine

Medicine River
Thomas King
Viking

The Samaritan Treasure: Stories
Marianne Luban
Coffee House Press

Tokens of Grace: A Novel in Stories
Sheila O'Connor
Sharon Brown, illustrator
Milkweed Editions

1991 Information

 How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences & Paragraphs for Every Situation
Rosalie Maggio
Prentice Hall

Teaching Kids to Love the Earth
Marina Lechecki Herman
Ann Schimpf
Joseph Passineau
Paul Treuer
Pfeifer-Hamilton

Minnesota Atlas: A Complete Guide to Public Lands and Water Accesses
John M. Hanson
Adventure Publications

1991 Mystery

 Freeze Frame
Marjorie Dorner
Morrow

The Fool's Run
John Camp
Henry Holt

Hallowed Murder
Ellen Hart
Seal Press

Amends for Murder
M.D. Lake, pseud. of Allen Simpson
Avon Books

1991 Nature

 The Bear Guardian: Northwoods Tales and Meditations
Peter M. Leschak
Jessica Allen Johnson, illustrator
North Star Press of St. Cloud

The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
Janine M. Benyus
Glenn Wolff, illustrator
Simon & Schuster

The Geese of Silver Lake
Craig Blacklock
Voyageur Press

Prairie Skies
Paul Douglas
Laurie Kruhoeffer, illustrator
Voyageur Press

A Northwoods Window
Robert Treuer
Voyageur Press

1991 Non-Fiction

 The Passionate, Accurate Story: Making Your Heart's Truth into Literature
Carol Bly
Milkweed Editions

Breaking Hard Ground: Stories of the Minnesota Farm Advocates.
Dianna Hunter, editor
Ken Meter, photographer
Dianna Hunter, photographer
Randi Roth, photographer
Carol Bly, Forword
Holy Cow! Press

The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists
Philip Furia
Oxford University Press

Blue Ribbon: A Social and Pictorial History of the Minnesota State Fair
Karal Ann Marling
Minnesota Historical Society

The Anatomy of Judgment
Philip J. Regal
University of Minnesota Press

1991 Older Children

 Woodsong
Gary Paulsen
Ruth Wright Paulsen, illustrator
Bradbury Press

A Dream of Queens and Castles
Marion Dane Bauer
Clarion Books

When Morning Comes
Patricia Calvert
Charles Scribner's Sons

The Music Box Christmas
Rosalie Maggio
Morrow

The Princess in the Pigpen
Jane Resh Thomas
Clarion Books

1991 Poetry

 The Color of Mesabi Bones: Poems and Prose Poems
John Caddy
R. W. Scholes, illustrator and designer
Milkweed Editions

How To Be Lucky
Jill Breckenridge
Bluestem Press; distributed by Small Press Distribution

Iron Woman: Poems
Diane Glancy
New Rivers Press

Caravan
Ethna McKiernan
Midwest Villages and Voices

Cherry Ferris Wheels
Patrick McKinnon
Black Hat Press

This Body She's Entered
Mary Kay Rummel
Sandra Rummel, illustrator
New River's Press

1991 Younger Children

 How the Guinea Fowl Got Its Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship
Barbara Knutson
Carolrhoda Press

Arnie and the New Kid
Nancy Carlson
Viking

Dora's Book
Michelle Edwards
Carolrhoda Books

When Moose Was Young
Jim Latimer
Donald Carrick, illustrator
Charles Scribner's Sons

1991 Younger Children; International Children's Book Award

 Is This a House for Hermit Crab?
Megan McDonald
S. D. Shindler, illustrator
Orchard Book

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