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St. Paul writer wins Edgar Award for her YA book
Naomi Kritzer's "Catfishing on CatNet" just won a Minnesota Book Award, too.
5 Minnesota writers receive McKnight grants
This year's awards went to three poets, a spoken-word artist and a writer of children's books.
Reminder: Minnesota Book Awards will be live-streamed Tuesday
The show begins at 7 p.m. on the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library website.
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Laurie Hertzel is senior editor for books at the Star Tribune, where she has worked since 1996.