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At Hamline you'll benefit from being a part of not just the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts programs in creative writing and an award-winning national literary magazine, but also the cultural and literary bounty of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

Hamline students experience a world-class education in the process and craft of writing taught by award-winning practicing writers.

Our faculty have published more than 250 books and won the highest awards given for excellence in writing for children, young adults, and adults, and our alumni go on to publish, teach, and work in the literary publishing industry.

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Recent books by Hamline MFA graduates:

Elizabeth Andrew:

Writing the Sacred Journey: The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir (nonfiction), Skinner House Books, 2005. On the Threshold: Home, Hardwood, and Holiness (essays), Basic Books, 2005, nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. Swinging on the Garden Gate: A Spiritual Memoir, Skinner House Books, 2000.

John Bessler:

Writing for Life: The Craft of Writing for Everyday Living (nonfiction), Bottlecap Books, 2007. Legacy of Violence: Lynch Mobs and Executions in Minnesota (nonfiction), University of Minnesota Press, 2004, nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. Kiss of Death: America's Love Affair with the Death Penalty (nonfiction), Northeastern University Press, 2003, nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America (nonfiction), Northeastern, 1998.

Dianne Gray:

Tomorrow, the River (novel), Houghton Mifflin, 2006, winner of a Minnesota Book Award and a Nebraska Book Award, nominated for a Nebraska Golden Sower Award. Together Apart (novel), Houghton Mifflin, 2003, winner of a Nebraska Book Award, finalist for PEN USA Award and a Willa Award, recommended Feminist Book for Youth. Holding Up the Earth (novel), Houghton Mifflin, 2001, winner of the Willa Award, Best Books for Young Adults selection, Sequoyah "Best of the Best" selection, nominated for Golden Sower Award.

Pamela Carter Joern:

The Plain Sense of Things (collected stories), University of Nebraska Press, 2008, a Midwestern Booksellers Association Connections Pick. The Floor of the Sky (novel), University of Nebraska Press, 2006, selected for Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers series and One Book, One Columbus community reading program of Columbus, Nebraska; winner of an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association and a Nebraska Book Award for Fiction. Winner of a 2008 Tamarack Award from Minnesota Monthly Magazine for her short story, "The Fireman," and in 2001 for "Confessions."

Cheryl Bardoe:

The Ugly Duckling Dinosaur (picture book), Abrams Books for Young Readers, spring 2011. Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (picture book), Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010, a Junior Library Guild selection. Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas (picture book), Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006, named an OrbisPictus Honor Book, finalist for the 2008 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, named an ALA Notable Book in 2007, named an IRA Notable Book in 2007.

Loretta Ellsworth:

Unforgettable (novel), Walker Books for Young Readers, fall 2011. In a Heartbeat (novel), Walker & Company/Macmillan, 2010. In Search of Mockingbird (novel), Henry Holt, 2007, winner of the 2007 Midwest Bookseller's Choice Award Honor Book for Children's Literature, named to the 2008 New York Library List of Teenage Books, finalist for the 2010 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award. The Shrouding Woman (novel), Henry Holt, 2002.

Joan Wolf:

Someone Named Eva (novel), Clarion, 2007, Maud Hart Lovelace Children's Choice Award, finalist for Society of Midland Authors Award, VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers List, Junior Library Guild Premier Selection Award.