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Stanley Kusunoki
Stanley Kusunoki is the author of five collections of poetry: 180 Days—Reflections and Observations of a Teacher, Items in the News, Shelter in Place—Poems...
Amina Baha
Amina Baha is a Minneapolis-based operations leader, nonprofit founder, and lifelong student of Afghan history and culture. A first-generation Afghan refugee who came to...
Sandra Hisakuni
Sandra Hisakuni is a writer, poet, and English language teacher who has lived and taught in Japan, China, and the United States. She is...
Marique Moss
Marique Moss is an Afro Indigenous (Hidatsa and African American) author, poet, educator, and herbalist from Minneapolis, MN. An enrolled citizen of the Mandan,...
Mary Quirk
As a freelance writer since 1997, Mary Quirk has authored book chapters, news and feature articles, and educational materials for healthcare professionals and people...
John Rust
John Rust is a Minnesota wilderness writer, photographer, conservation advocate, and author of Exploring Wilderness: From Heart-Racing Adventure to Tranquility. Drawing on decades of...
Derek Francis
Derek Francis is a lifelong Twin Cities resident and educator with more than 15 years of experience. He began as a high school counselor,...
Renee Gilmore
Renee Gilmore is the author of Wayfinding: A Memoir. She is a neurodivergent multi-genre writer, essayist, and poet, and she fearlessly explores the illusion...
Bill Meissner
Writer/teacher Bill Meissner is the author of 12 books, including four books of short fiction, five books of poetry, and three novels. His recent novels are The Wonders of the Little World, a carnival-themed novel, and Summer of Rain, Summer of Fire, a family drama novel set during the turbulent years of the late 1960s.…
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Deb Mercier
Deb Mercier is the author of multiple books for young readers across a wide span of ages and genres, including choose-your-path mysteries, historical fiction, YA fantasy, and non-fiction. She’s an award-winning journalist, a technical writer, and the mom of two grown (and fabulous) kids. She lives in Alexandria, MN with her husband, dogs, and outdoor…
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Carrie L. Mesrobian
Carrie Mesrobian has a B.A. in Creative Writing & Hispanic Studies and an MFA in Fiction from the Rainier Writers Workshop of Pacific Lutheran University. She has written essays and poetry for Brain, Child magazine, Calyx, the Star Tribune, and two anthologies for young adults. Her first book, Sex & Violence, was a finalist for…
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Alex Messenger
Alex Messenger is a Duluth, Minnesota, author, marketer, and photographer who, at seventeen, was mauled by a grizzly bear. In the decade afterward, he’s worked as a wilderness guide, marketing specialist, photographer, and volunteer search-and-rescue operator. His love of adventure, nature, and cultures has taken him all over the globe, but the north woods and…
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Jenna Miller
Jenna Miller (she/her) writes Young Adult books about fat, queer, nerdy girls who deserve to be seen and have their voices heard. When she’s not obsessing over words, she can be found making charcuterie boards, befriending people online, or exploring places near and far.
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Lyda Morehouse
Lyda Morehouse leads a double life. By day, she’s a mild-mannered science fiction author of the Shamus and Philip K. Dick award-winning AngeLINK series. By night, she’s the bestselling paranormal romance and urban fantasy writer, Tate Hallaway. She’s written and published more than a dozen novels (five as Lyda and nine as Tate), and together…
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Marique Moss
Marique Moss is an Afro Indigenous (Hidatsa and African American) author, poet, educator, and herbalist from Minneapolis, MN. An enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, she writes about identity, healing, history, and belonging through an Afro Indigenous lens. She is the author of Sweetgrass and Soul Food: A Memoir in Poems, Sweetgrass…
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Mai Neng Moua
Mai Neng Moua is a writer spinning tales of what it means to be Hmong in America. Her memoir is titled The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story. She is the founder of Paj Ntaub Voice, the Hmong literary arts journal where she published more than 200 artists, and the editor of Bamboo Among the…
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Pamela Hill Nettleton
Pamela Hill Nettleton is an award-winning writer, editor, playwright, and author. She holds a doctorate in communication and women’s studies and teaches at the University of St. Thomas. Nettleton has 26 books in publication including a biography of Shakespeare and Students Write the Darnedest Things. More than 300 of her essays and features have appeared…
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Freeman Ng
Freeman Ng is a former Google software engineer and the author of Bridge Across the Sky (a YA verse novel based on the Chinese immigration experience through Angel Island), Basho’s Haiku Journeys (a haiku picture book), The House We Sheltered in and the Masks We Wore (a pandemic picture book), Joan (a novel of Joan…
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