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Scott F. Wolter
Scott Wolter, a forensic geologist, has worked as a petrographer since 1985. In 1990, he founded American Petrographic Services and continues to serve as...
Minda Gomez
Minda Gomez lives in Minnesota with her husband and three spunky bilingual kids. Their family has created their own brand of "Mexigringo" as they...
Benjamin Klas
Benjamin Klas spends his days falling helplessly through research wormholes from which he emerges knowing about medieval bridge building, German comfort food, blown head...
Court Ludwick
Court Ludwick is the author of These Strange Bodies and the founding editor-in-chief of Broken Antler Magazine. Her writing has been nominated for Best...
Michelle Sherman
Dr. Michelle Sherman is a licensed clinical psychologist who has dedicated her career to supporting families dealing with mental illness or trauma/PTSD. She has...
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,...
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...
Nicole Belle-Isle
Nicole Belle-Isle was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. She has a Master of Education degree and is a licensed teacher in special education...
Mélina Mangal
Mélina Mangal’s work has been published by Milkweed Editions, Coffee House Press, W.W. Norton, and Carolina Wren Press. She is the author of five biographies for youth, including The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just, winner of the Carter G. Woodson Award. Her latest book, Jayden’s Impossible Garden, won the first Strive/Free…
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Allison Mann
Allison Mann is a mom, wife, and paralegal living in Minnesota with her family. She began her career as a paralegal in 2001 after graduating from college. She spent one year working in a large firm before she found her home at a small office in the Twin Cities suburbs. Mann authored her first book…
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Jennifer Manthey
Jennifer Manthey’s first book, The Fight, was winner of the Trio Award and a finalist for the 2024 Minnesota Book Award. Her work has appeared in journals such as Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Calyx Journal, Palette Poetry, and Best New Poets. She has received support from MVICW and Bread Loaf Writers Workshops. She lives in…
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Gayla Marty
Gayla Marty is the author of Memory of Trees: A Daughter’s Story of a Family Farm. She is a writer and editor in Minneapolis interested in culture, agriculture, and history. Marty received the 2019 Torch Prize in Creative Nonfiction from North American Review. She has a BA in journalism and an MFA in creative writing…
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Tracy Nelson Maurer
Tracy Nelson Maurer has written more than 100 nonfiction and fiction books for children and young adults, including the picture book biographies Lady Bird Johnson, That’s Who!; John Deere, That’s Who!; and Samuel Morse, That’s Who! (all three books won an NSTA “Best STEM Book” award). Her book Noah Webster’s Fighting Words was named to…
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Elaine Tyler May
Elaine Tyler May is Regents Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Minnesota. She is past president of the Organization of American Historians and past president of the American Studies Association. In addition to her books and articles, she has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Ms., Daily…
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Megan Maynor
Megan Maynor is a picture book author whose work has been featured in The New York Times Book Review. Her books include Henry at Home, Ella and Penguin Stick Together, Ella and Penguin: A Perfect Match, and The Sandcastle That Lola Built. Megan visits schools and teaches writing for adults. She lives in her beloved home…
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Judy McConnell
Judy McConnell’s writing career took off after retirement at age 70. Since then she has published three books: two memoirs about growing up in Minneapolis in the forties and fifties and a novel that depicts the rise of the local feminist movement during the national upheaval of the sixties and seventies. Her novel has been…
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Chris McCormick
Chris McCormick is the author of a novel, The Gimmicks, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and a short story collection, Desert Boys, winner of the 2017 Stonewall Book Award—Barbara Gittings Literature Award. His essays and stories have appeared in The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, Tin House, and Ploughshares. He grew up in the…
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Lindsey McDivitt
Lindsey McDivitt writes fiction and non-fiction for children including Nature’s Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story, Truth and Honor: The President Ford Story, and A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela’s Hope for His Nation. McDivitt is passionate about tackling ageism in books for children. She began writing children’s books after many years in health education…
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