Minnesota Book Award Winners Fiction

Awards List

2016

The Devereaux Decision (Finalist)
Steve McEllistrem

Jan-2015
/ Science Fiction

Season of Fear (Finalist)
Brian Freeman

Mar-2015
/ Thriller

He's Either Dead or in St. Paul (Finalist)
D.B. Moon

Apr-2015
/ Action Adventure

The Grave Soul (Finalist)
Ellen Hart

Oct-2015
/ Cozy Mystery

2015

The Secret of Pembrooke Park (Winner)
Julie Klassen

Dec-2014
/ Historical Romance

Fallen Angel (Finalist)
Chuck Logan

Dec-2013
/ Thriller

The Life We Bury (Finalist)
Allen Eskens

Jan-2014
/ Mystery

Strongwood (Finalist)
Larry Millett

Mar-2014
/ General Fiction

2014

Tamarack County (Winner)
William Kent Krueger

Aug-2013
/ Law Enforcement

The Book of Killowen (Finalist)
Erin Hart

Mar-2013
/ Thriller

Wolves (Finalist)
Cary Johns Griffith

Sep-2013
/ Thriller

The Cold Nowhere (Finalist)
Brian Freeman

Apr-2014
/ Thriller

2013

Curse of the Jade Lily (Winner)
David Housewright

Jun-2012
/ Private Investigator

The Devil and the Diva (Finalist)
David Housewright; Renee Valois

Feb-2012
/ Thriller

The Tutor's Daughter (Finalist)
Julie Klassen

Jan-2013
/ Historical

2012

Big Wheat: A Tale of Bindlestiffs and Blood (Winner)
Richard A. Thompson

Jan-2011
/ Historical Mystery

2010

Frag Box (Finalist)
Richard A. Thompson

Nov-2009
/ Mystery

The Silent Governess (Finalist)
Julie Klassen

Jan-2010
/ Romance

2007

Copper River (Winner)
William Kent Krueger

Aug-2006
/ Law Enforcement

2005

Live Bait (Finalist)
P.J. Tracy

Apr-2004
/ Thriller

2004

Monkeewrench (Winner)
P.J. Tracy

Apr-2003
/ Thriller

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons (Finalist)
Lorna Landvik

Mar-2003
/ Contemporary Romance

2002

Purgatory Ridge (Winner)
William Kent Krueger

Mar-2001
/ Law Enforcement

Award Categories

Anthology

Children's Fiction

Children's Literature

Young Adult Literature

Youth Literature

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

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