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Minnesota Book Awards Past Finalists and Winners - 2010
1988 | 1989 | 1991* | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010
*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)
2010 Award for Children’s Literature
Sponsored by Books For Africa
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
Joyce Sidman
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Longest Night
Marion Dane Bauer
Holiday House
Song of Middle C
Alison McGhee
Candlewick Press
Stampede! Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School
Laura Purdie Salas
Clarion Books
2010 Award for General Nonfiction
Sponsored by Minnesota AFL-CIO
I Go to America: Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson
Joy K. Lintelman
Minnesota Historical Society Press*
Drink This: Wine Made Simple
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Ballantine Books/The Random House Publishing Group
Journeywell: A Guide to Quality Aging
Trish Herbert
Beaver’s Bond Press*
Richard Parkes Bonington: The Complete Paintings
Patrick Noon
Yale University Press
2010 Award for Genre Fiction
Sponsored by Wellington Management, Inc.
Jelly’s Gold
David Housewright
Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s Press
The Silent Governess
Julie Klassen
Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group
Rough Country
John Sandford
G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Group
Frag Box
Richard A. Thompson
Poisoned Pen Press
2010 Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction
The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows
Kent Nerburn
New World Library
Going Blind: A Memoir
Mara Faulkner
Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press
Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn
Kevin Kling
Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press*
The Bullhead Queen: A Year on Pioneer Lake
Sue Leaf
University of Minnesota Press*
2010 Award for Minnesota
Sponsored by Xcel Energy
Opening Goliath: Danger and Discovery in Caving
Cary J. Griffith
Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press*
Honor Bright: A Century of Scouting in the Northern Star Council
Dave Kenney
Northern Star Council, The Boy Scouts of America*
Minneapolis in the Twentieth Century: The Growth of an American City
Iric Nathanson
Minnesota Historical Society Press*
Jewel of Como: The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory
Leigh Roethke and Bonnie Blodgett
Afton Historical Society Press*
2010 Award for Novel & Short Story
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
Riverhead Books/Penguin Group
The Turtle Catcher
Nicole Helget
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts
N.M. Kelby
Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press*
The Annunciations of Hank Meyerson, Mama’s Boy and Scholar
Scott Muskin
Hooded Friar Press
2010 Award for Poetry
I Wish I Had a Heart Like Yours, Walt Whitman
Jude Nutter
University of Notre Dame Press
Skirmish
Dobby Gibson
Graywolf Press*
Faith Run
Ray Gonzalez
The University of Arizona Press
Unrest
Joanna Rawson
Graywolf Press*
2010 Award for Young People’s Literature
Sponsored by 3M Company
The Magician’s Elephant
Kate DiCamillo
Candlewick Press
The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind
Kristin Cronn-Mills
Flux/Llewellyn*
Crows & Cards
Joseph Helgerson
Houghton Mifflin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Lucy Long Ago: Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came From
Catherine Thimmesh
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
* Denotes a Minnesota-based Publisher
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in consortium with the Saint Paul Public Library and the City of Saint Paul.