Nonfiction
Nonfiction writers from Minnesota.
Marie Zhuikov
Marie Zhuikov is a storyteller and poet from Duluth. Her novel Plover Landing was nominated for a Northeastern Minnesota Book Award. Her most recent work, Going Coastal: An Anthology of Lake Superior Short Stories, earned an honorable mention in the Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards. Zhuikov’s poems have appeared in several anthologies and community projects, and…
Richard Thieme
Richard Thieme, an author and speaker, addresses challenges posed by technologies and how to redesign ourselves to meet them. He speaks to technology-related security and intelligence issues that impact “the human in the machine.” He has published numerous articles and stories and 13 books and given hundreds of speeches. His Mobius Trilogy about a professional…
Sammi Jones
Sammi Jones got her start in roller derby in 2010 when she joined the Fargo Moorhead Derby Girls. She quickly fell in love with the sport and has been skating the flat track ever since. Jones earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead and has written for a…
Duchess Harris
Duchess Harris was a Mellon Mays Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with a degree in American History. She earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and did postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School and at the Womanist…
Greg Brick
Greg Brick, Ph.D., was employed as a hydrogeologist and has taught geology at local colleges and universities. He has published more than 200 articles about caves and was the recipient of the 2005 Cave History Award from the National Speleological Society. His book, Subterranean Twin Cities, won an award from the American Institute of Architects…
Lisa Bullard
Lisa Bullard is the author of more than 100 books for young readers. Her offerings range from picture books to nonfiction titles to a middle grade mystery. Her novel Turn Left at the Cow was a Maud Hart Lovelace Award nominee for the 2017-2018 school year. Bullard enjoys doing school visits and is a long-time…
Sharon Stiteler
Sharon Stiteler has made it her goal to get paid to go birding. From bird surveys, to guiding, to writing, her life is all about birds. She currently works as a National Park Ranger and still writes in her spare time. Besides her books she’s written for Audubon Magazine, The Washington Post, Outdoor News, and…
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…
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…
Sean Jensen
Sean Jensen was born in South Korea, but he was raised in California, Massachusetts, and Virginia, mostly on or near military bases. He’s always been drawn to storytelling, a skill he developed at Northwestern University and crafted almost exclusively covering the NFL. During his career, he’s earned distinctions from the Illinois Associated Press, Minnesota Associated…