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Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners - 2005
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)
2005 Anthology and Collections
Old Glory: American War Poems from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terrorism
Robert Hedin, editor
Persea Books
As Long as the Moon Shall Rise: Reflections on the Full Moon
Ellen Moore Anderson, editor
Holy Cow! Press
Charlotte's Table: An Anthology of Writings by the 42nd Street Irregulars
Roger Jones, editor
Rick Fournier, editor
Vernelle Kurak, editor
Piecemeal Publications
For the Love of Knitting: A Celebration of the Knitter's Art
Kari Cornell, editor
Voyageur Press
The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Patricia Hampl, editor
Dave Page, editor
Borealis Books, an imprint of the Minnesota Historical Society Press
2005 Autobiography and Memoir
Flim-Flam Man: A True Family History
Jennifer Vogel
Scribner
Gang of One: Memories of a Red Guard
Fan Shen
University of Nebraska Press
O Clouds,Unfold!: Clara Ueland and her Family
Brenda Ueland
Nodin Press
Yeh Yeh's House: A Memoir
Evelina Chao
St. Martin's Press
2005 Children’s Fiction and Poetry
The Darkest Evening
William Durbin
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic
The Double-Digit Club
Marion Dane Bauer
Holiday House
Grass Angel
Julie Schumacher
Delacorte Press
Snap
Alison McGhee
Candlewick Press
2005 Children’s Picture Books
The Best Pet of All
David LaRochelle
Hanako Wakiyama, illustrator
Dutton Children's Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains
Barbara Knutson
Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group
Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth
Alison McGhee
Harry Bliss, illustrator
Harcourt
Rules of the Wild: An Unruly Book of Manners
Bridget Levin
Amanda Shepherd, illustrator
Chronicle Books
2005 Children's and Young Adult Nonfiction
The Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies, Dwarves, Selkies, and Other Secret Beings
Lise Lunge-Larsen
Beth Krommes, illustrator
Houghton Mifflin
Lewis & Clark: Adventures West
John C. Hamilton
Sparrow Media Group
Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics
Catherine Thimmesh
Douglas B. Jones, illustrator
Houghton Mifflin
2005 Fine Press
Distance from the Sun: Thirty Prose Poems from Thirty Years
Louis Jenkins
Chandler O’Leary, illustration
Jeff Rathermel, design and binding
Jana Pullman, design and binding
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
13 ÷ 14: Reflections on “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” by Wallace Stevens, Figures Drawn from the Loculus of Archimedes
Harriet Bart in collaboration with Philip Gallo
Jill Jevne, binding design and execution
Mnemonic Press
The Intruder
Clayton Schanilec
Gaylord Schanilec, design and illustration
Midnight Paper Sales
Surplus Value Books: Catalog #13
Rick Moody
Wilber Schilling, design and printing in collaboration with Daniel E. Kelm
Indulgence Press
2005 General Nonfiction
Why Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
David Walsh
Free Press
Caring for American Indian Objects: A Practical and Cultural Guide
Sherelyn Ogden, editor
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Meetings
Paul Shambroom
Chris Boot Ltd.
Unveiled: The Hidden Lives of Nuns
Cheryl L. Reed
Berkley Books, a division of Penguin Group
2005 History and Biography
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
Crown Publishers
In Gatsby's Shadow: The Story of Charles Macomb Flandrau
Larry Haeg
University of Iowa Press
Minnesota Goes to War: The Home Front during World War II
Dave Kenney
Minnesota Historical Society Press
On Foot: A History of Walking
Joseph A. Amato
New York University Press
Strange Days, Dangerous Nights: Photos from the Speed Graphic Era
Larry Millett
Borealis Books, an imprint of the Minnesota Historical Society Press
2005 Nature and Minnesota
Minnesota Treasures: Stories behind the State's Historic Places
Denis P. Gardner
Minnesota Historical Society Press
The Angry Trout Cafe Notebook: Friends, Recipes, and the Culture of Sustainability
George H. Wilkes
Northwind Sailing Inc.
The Forest for the Trees: How Humans Shaped the Northwoods
Jeff Forester
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Restless Skies: The Ultimate Weather Book
Paul Douglas
Barnes & Noble Books
Spirit of the North: The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson
David Backes, editor
University of Minnesota Press
2005 Novel and Short Story
The Work of Wolves
Kent Meyers
Harcourt
Left Hand
Ken McCullough
Seismicity Editions
The Real Minerva
Mary Sharratt
Houghton Mifflin
Those Who Save Us
Jenna Blum
Harcourt
2005 Poetry
Naming the Stars
Joyce Sutphen
Holy Cow! Press
Atlas: Poems
Katrina Vandenberg
Milkweed Editions
The Jewish Fake Book
Sima Rabinowitz
Elixir Press
Playing the Black Piano
Bill Holm
Milkweed Editions
Shut Up Shut Down
Mark Nowak
Coffee House Press
2005 Popular Fiction
Alone at Night
KJ Erickson
St. Martin's Press
Blood Hollow
William Kent Krueger
Atria Books
Lake of Sorrows
Erin Hart
Scribner
Live Bait
P.J. Tracy
Putnam
The Tarnished Eye
Judith Guest
Scribner
2005 Young Adult Fiction and Poetry
Godless
Pete Hautman
Simon & Schuster
The Alison Rules
Catherine Clark
HarperCollins
A Long Year of Silence
Kathryn Adams Doty
Edinborough Press
Too Big A Storm
Marsha Qualey
Dial Books
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