Nebraska native is book award finalist
Nebraska native Kirstin Cronn-Mills is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award for young people's literature books written for middle and high school students.
Her nominated book, “The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don't Mind” (Flux, $9.95), was her debut novel. It's the story of a small-town Nebraska girl who goes into the hills and shouts her troubles. But those troubles seem too much to bear when she learns a secret about the person she trusts most.
Cronn-Mills grew up in Cozad and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she was an editorial assistant for the Prairie Schooner. She is a teacher in Mankato, Minn.
Former Omahan details cancer fight
Diana Fidone-Griggs, who grew up in Omaha, has written “Whispers and Roses: A Journal of Healing From Cancer” (Inner Light Productions, $19.95). The book recounts the way she chose to fight the disease and is meant to offer hope to others who have been diagnosed with cancer. Information: www.whispersandroses.com.
‘Dead Man Walking' author to speak
Sister Helen Prejean, author of “Dead Man Walking,” will give a free lecture at 7 p.m. Monday in the Harper Center's Hixson-Lied Auditorium at Creighton University. Prejean, a critic of the death penalty, will present “Dead Man Walking — The Journey Continues.”
Author to sign romance book
Omaha author Ann Stephens will sign copies of her romance book “To Be Seduced” (Zebra, $4.99 paperback) at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Bookworm in Countryside Village, 87th and Pacific Streets.
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