MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD FINALISTS

The Minnesota Book Award Finalists were announced today. Congrats to all finalists, especially those in Genre fiction. Congrats to all.

GENRE FICTION

Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories, by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Books)
Leave No Trace, by Mindy Mejia (Atria Books)
The Shadows We Hide, by Allen Eskens (Mulholland Books)
The Voice Inside by Brian Freeman (Thomas & Mercer)

To see all Categories and Finalists, go HERE.

Minnesota Book Awards: Genre Fiction

Congratulations to Allen Eskens who received the Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction for The Heavens May Fall.

Eskens revisits characters from The Life We Bury in a mystery full of twists and turns, vividly told from two opposing perspectives. Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden’s longtime friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons, and their friendship will never be the same. Eskens is also the author of The Life We Bury, a Minnesota Book Award finalist, and The Guise of Another. He was a practicing criminal defense attorney for 25 years.

Allen Eskens is the author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of Another and The Heavens May Fall. He is the recipient of the Barry Award, Rosebud Award, and the Silver Falchion Award and has been a finalist for the Edgar® Award, Thriller Award, Anthony Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. His debut novel, The Life We Bury, has been published in 16 languages and is being developed for a feature film.

Here's a link to all the 2017 Minnesota Book Award Winners

Minnesota Book Awards

Finalists for the 24th annual Minnesota Book Awards have been announced honoring books written by a Minnesota-based author and published during 2011 … and while there is separate no "mystery" category, all four finalists in Genre Fiction are mysteries. The Minnesota Book Awards, organized by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, doesn’t include a separate category for crime and mystery fiction. The four “Genre Fiction” nominees, though, are mysteries:

The Bone House by Brian Freeman (Minotaur)
Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger (Atria)
Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley (Harper)
Big Wheat by Richard A. Thompson (Poisoned Pen Press)

Winners will be announced during the 24th annual Minnesota Book Awards Gala on Saturday, April 14, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Saint Paul.

Hat Tip: Omnimystery News