Jill Kalz

Jill Kalz is the author of The Winter Bees: Fiction, a collection of interconnected short stories set in rural Minnesota. In addition to this title, a 2019 Midwest Book Award finalist, Kalz has published stories individually in American Fiction Vol. 15 and Minnesota Monthly, and poetry in the Nebraska Review, the Ohio Review, Cream City Review, and other magazines. A 2008 Minnesota Book Award finalist and winner of the Readers' Choice Award for her picture book Farmer Cap, Kalz is also the author of more than 100 children's books. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and spent most of her career as a children's book editor. Visit the Jill Kalz author page on Facebook for her latest news.