Mary Krugerud

Mary Krugerud's first book, "Interrupted Lives: Tuberculosis in Minnesota and Glen Lake Sanatorium," focuses on how patients experienced treatment at a sanatorium. In 2015, she received a Minnesota Historical Society Legacy Fellowship to expand her research to all of Minnesota's sanatoriums. "The Girl in Building C" - a book resulting from that study - was published in September 2018. Her website, www.mnsans.com, provides information about Minnesota's many sanatoriums. In 2021 and 2022, she co-authored "Lac qui Parle County: 150 Years of History," volumes 1 and 2, with Jon Willand, Lois Willand, and Karen Murdock. Mary has been writing for most of her life -- from editing the Dawson High School newspaper to having articles published in Nebraska History and Hennepin History magazines. Her B.A. in Writing led to a successful career in grant development for Normandale Community College, but her real passion is finding and telling the extraordinary stories of ordinary people. Mary lives with her husband in Minnesota, near their children and families.