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Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners - 2003
1988 | 1989 | 1991* | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
*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 2007 were announced in 2008 at the 20th Annual Minnesota Book Awards).
(Winners indicated by the 
icon; all others are Finalists)
2003 Anthology or Collection of Short Stories by Multiple Authors
Keys to the Interior
Robert Hedin, co-editor
Richard Broderick, co-editor
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
Bamboo Among the Oaks
Mai Neng Moua, editor
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community
Heid Erdrich, co-editor
Laura Tohe, co-editor
Minnesota Historical Society Press
2003 Architecture
Cap Wigington: An Architectual Legacy in Ice and Stone
David V. Taylor, co-author
Paul C. Larson, co-author
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Ralph Rapson: Sketches and Drawings from Around the World
Ralph Rapson
Afton Historical Society Press
2003 Art and Music
The Gág Family: German-Bohemian Artists in America
Julie L’Enfant
Afton Historical Society Press
The B-52’s Universe
Mats A. Sexton
Plan B Books
The Minnesota Orchestra at One Hundred: A Collection of Essays
Sandra D. Hyslop, co-author
Gwendolyn M. Pappas, co-author
Minnesota Orchestral Association
2003 Autobiography, Biography, Memoir
Back to Mississippi: A Personal Journey Through the Events that Changed America in 1964
Mary V. Winstead
Hyperion
Crying at the Movies
Madelon Sprengnether
Graywolf Press
Underground Heart
Ray Gonzalez
University of Arizona Press
2003 Book Cover Design
Daisy Air Rifles & BB Guns: The First 100 Years
Tom Heffron, designer
Ben Saltzman, photographer
Neal Punchard, author
MBI Publishing
The Gág Family: German-Bohemian Artists in America
Barbara J. Arney, designer
Julie L’Enfant, author
Afton Historical Society Press
Seven Days
James H. Monroe, designer
Judd P. Spicer, author
Beaver's Pond Press
2003 Children’s Fiction
Countdown to Kindergarten
Alison McGhee
Harry Bliss, illustrator
Harcourt/Silver Whistle
Cécile: Gates of Gold
Mary Casanova
Pleasant Company
The First Thing My Mama Told Me
Susan Marie Swanson
Christine Davenier, illustrator
Harcourt Children’s Books
2003 Children’s Nonfiction
The Sky’s the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls
Catherine Thimmesh
Melissa Sweet, illustrator
Houghton Mifflin
Inside the Secret Garden
Carolyn Strom Collins, co-author
Christina Wyss Eriksson, co-author
Tasha Tudor, illustrator
Mary Collier, illustrator
HarperCollins
Jesse Ventura Tells It Like It Is: America’s Most Outspoken Governor
Jesse Ventura with Herón Márquez
The Lerner Publishing Group
2003 Education, Teaching, Academic
Ojibwe: Waasa Inaabidaa (We Look in all Directions)
Thomas M. Peacock, co-author
Marlene Wisuri, co-author
Afton Historical Society Press
The Good Path
Thomas M. Peacock, co-author
Marlene Wisuri, co-author
Afton Historical Society Press
Once Upon a Corporation: Leadership Insights from Short Stories
Tolly Kizilos
iUniverse
2003 Fiction - Novel or Collection of Short Stories by a Single Author
Miniatures
Norah Labiner
Coffee House Press
July, July
Tim O’Brien
Houghton Mifflin
Roofwalker
Susan Power
Milkweed Editions
2003 Fine Press
New York Revisited
Gaylord Schanilec, artist
Ken Auchincloss, author
Grolier Club of New York
A Brief History of Punctuation
C. Mikal Oness, artist
Maurya Simon, author
Sutton Hoo Press
Emigrant Suite
Eavan Boland
Paulette Myers-Rich
Traffic Street Press
2003 Gardening, Nature, Environmental
Voices for the Land
Brian Peterson, photographer
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica
Carrol L. Henderson, author and photographer
University of Texas Press
Trees of Wisconsin: A Field Guide
Stan Tekiela
Adventure Publications
2003 Genre
Mortal Prey
John Sandford
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Bound to Die
Brian Lutterman
Salvo Press
2003 History, Politics, and Culture
Pale Horse at Plum Run
Brian Leehan
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Lost Discoveries
Dick Teresi
Simon & Schuster
Ojibwe: Waasa Inaabidaa (We Look in all Directions)
Thomas M. Peacock, co-author
Marlene Wisuri, co-author
Afton Historical Society Press
2003 Interior Book Design
Impressions
Mandi Selisker, designer
Roger Cooper, poet
John Erickson, artist
Beaver’s Pond Press
Expecting Good Things of All: 100 Years of Academic Excellence
Rachel Fine, designer
Janet Woolman, author
The Blake School
Ralph Rapson: Sketches and Drawings from Around the World
Mary Susan Oleson, designer
Ralph Rapson, author
Afton Historical Society Press
2003 Minnesota Subject
Voices for the Land
Brian Peterson, photographer
Minnesota Historical Society Press
A Country Doctor’s Casebook
Roger A. MacDonald, M.D.
Minnesota Historical Society Press
The Gág Family: German-Bohemian Artists in America
Julie L’Enfant, author
Afton Historical Society Press
2003 Multicultural
Overcoming: The Autobiography of W. Harry Davis
W. Harry Davis, author
Lori Sturdevant, editor
Afton HistoricalSociety Press
Bears Make Rock Soup and Other Stories
Lisa Fifield, painter
Lise Erdrich, author
Children’s Book Press
Ojibwe: Waasa Inaabidaa (We Look in all Directions)
Thomas M. Peacock, co-author
Marlene Wisuri, co-author
Afton Historical Society Press
2003 New Age, Metaphysics, and Spirituality
Pathways to Spirituality and Healing
Alexa Umbreit, co-author
Mark Umbreit, co-author
Fairview Press
A Book of Grace: Words to Bring You Peace
Margi Preus, co-author
Ann Treacy, co-author
Sourcebooks, Inc.
You Better Recognize!
Valerie Rose
Beaver's Pond Press
2003 New Voice (First-time author)
Spilling Clarence
Anne Ursu
Hyperion
Audrey & Barbara
Janet Lawson
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster
A Country Doctor’s Casebook
Roger A. MacDonald, M.D.
Minnesota Historical Society Press
2003 Photography
Voices for the Land
Brian Peterson, photographer
Minnesota Historical Society Press
By These Hands
David Parker, M.D., photographer
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica
Carrol L. Henderson, author and photographer
University of Texas Press
2003 Poetry
The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande
Ray Gonzalez
BOA Editions
Acts of Contortion
Anna G. Meek
University of Wisconsin Press
Red Suburb
Greg Hewett
Coffee House Press
2003 Young Adult Fiction
Firestorm
Jan Neubert Schultz
The Lerner Publishing Group
Chasing Fire: Danger in Canoe Country
Earl Fleck
Holy Cow! Press
Funny Man
Margo Sorenson
Perfection Learning Corporation
2003 Young Adult Nonfiction
The Good Path
Thomas M. Peacock, co-author
Marlene Wisuri, co-author
Afton Historical Society Press
Boy Vs. Girl
George Abrahams
Sheila Ahlbrand
Free Spirit Publishing
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Voice of the Jazz Age
Caroline Lazo
The Lerner Publishing Group
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