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Augsburg鈥檚 Lindsay Starck Among Minnesota Book Award Finalists

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Lindsay Starck is bending down close to the camera, her dog is to her left, and there's a donut shop behind her.Lindsay Starck has been named a Minnesota Book Award finalist for her second novel, 鈥淢onsters We Have Made.鈥� Starck is an associate professor of English and director of Augsburg鈥檚 MFA program. Published by Vintage Books/Penguin Random House in March 2024, 鈥淢onsters We Have Made鈥� is a poignant and evocative novel that explores the bounds of familial love, the high stakes of parenthood, and the tenuous divide between fiction and reality.

The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library organizes the annual Minnesota Book Awards to honor Minnesota writers, illustrators, and artists across 10 different categories. The 2025 Minnesota Book Award winners will be announced on April 22, 2025.

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MFA mentor Jack El-Hai wins Minnesota Book Award

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Minneapolis Star TribuneAugsburg MFA in Creative Writing mentor Jack El-Hai 聽recently won the Minnesota Book Award for General聽Nonfiction for his book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Goring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII.” El-Hai’s聽book tells the story of the remarkable relationship between Army psychiatrist Capt. Douglas M. Kelley and the elite of the captured Nazi regime, particularly Hermann Goring. As noted in the Star Tribune, El-Hai’s previous Book Award was for “The Lobotomist.” Visit the Star Tribune website to read, “Winners of the Minnesota Book Awards announced.”