Anton Treuer wins Minnesota Book Award for first novel

Anton Treuer won a Minnesota Book Award on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, for his first novel, "Where Wolves Don't Die."

By Pioneer Staff Report

April 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM

ST. PAUL 鈥� Anton Treuer won a Minnesota Book Award on Tuesday, April 22, for his first novel, 鈥淲here Wolves Don鈥檛 Die.鈥�

Treuer, a Bemidji State University professor of Ojibwe, beat out four other finalists in the Young Adult Literature category. The award was presented in a ceremony at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul.

Treuer has had four previous nonfiction books nominated, the first coming in 2002.

In his acceptance speech, Treuer thanked his wife, Blair, and said he appreciated feedback from some of their nine children during the writing process.

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