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Nate Patrin
Nate Patrin is a St. Paul resident and cultural critic specializing in popular music. Since the late 1990s, his work has appeared in sites...
Jeremy Norton
Jeremy Norton is a proud Washington, DC native. He’s received degrees from two universities in the Boston area despite a thorny relationship with the...
Jody Lulich
Jody Lulich is a professor of veterinary internal medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a renowned educator and clinician, has published over...
Mary Jo Hoffman
Mary Jo Hoffman is an artist and photographer known for her work in capturing the beauty of nature. She is recognized for her project...
Ben Orlin
Ben Orlin has written four books, including Math with Bad Drawings and Math for English Majors. He describes himself as a "professional apologist for...
Daniel J. Blackburn
Daniel Blackburn is an author, speaker, executive coach, and yoga therapist. He was an award-winning leader and executive in the natural foods industry for...
Ayaan Adan
Ayaan Adan is a UX designer, organizer, and author of Daughters of Arraweelo: Stories of Somali Women. She is a graduate of the University...
Nancy Pirri
Nancy Schumacher writes under the pseudonyms, Nancy Pirri (romance) and Natasha Perry (erotic romance). She is the owner-publisher of the small press, Melange Books,...
Michelle Leon
Michelle Leon is a writer, musician, and teacher for Saint Paul Public Schools. She was the bass player for the influential punk band Babes in Toyland from 1987 to 1992 and again in 1997. Her writing has appeared in City Pages, the music essay compilation The First Time I Heard David Bowie, Saint Paul Almanac,…
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Joi Lewis
Dr. Joi Lewis is a visionary community healer and facilitator of liberation and social justice. As a speaker, author, scholar, and the CEO of Joi Unlimited and President of The Healing Justice Foundation, she’s on a mission to put healing in the hands of anyone, anywhere. Lewis helps individuals, institutions, and communities heal from oppression-induced…
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Nancy Loewen
Nancy Loewen grew up on a farm in southwestern Minnesota, surrounded by library books and cats. She’s published nearly 140 books for children and young adults. Four to the Pole (co-authored with polar explorer Ann Bancroft) and The LAST Day of Kindergarten were Minnesota Book Award finalists. Her Writer’s Toolbox Series received a Distinguished Achievement…
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Mary Losure
From the titles, you might think Mary Losure’s books are fiction, but she assures you that every word of Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal’d is not only true, but documented with primary sources. So is Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron and even The Fairy Ring, or Elsie…
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Su Smallen Love
Su Love is the author of six collections of poetry, some published as Su Smallen. Her work has been recognized with the Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize, a Joy Harjo prize, and international publications, fellowships, and residencies from the Jerome Foundation/Tofte Lake Center, Artist at Pine Needles/St. Croix Watershed Research Station, the Minnesota State Arts Board,…
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Jody Lulich
Jody Lulich is a professor of veterinary internal medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a renowned educator and clinician, has published over 400 scientific manuscripts, and was contributing editor for four medical books. Lulich was winner of the 2015-16 Loft Mentor Series in creative nonfiction. His book, In the Company of Grace: a…
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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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Claudia May
Claudia May, Ph.D., is a poet, educator, and an award-winning author. Her children’s book, When I Fly With Papa, received a gold medal at the 2019 Illumination Book Awards in the Enduring Light Christian Children’s Book Category, a gold medal in the Midwest Book Awards’ Religion/Philosophy/Spirituality category, and first place in the 2019 Purple Dragonfly…
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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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Larry Millett
Larry Millett, a native of Minneapolis, spent much of his career as a writer, reporter, and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, joining the newspaper in 1972. In 1985, he became the newspaper’s first architecture critic. He held that post until his retirement from the Pioneer Press in 2002. Millett has written numerous books…
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