February 3, 2011 - Pete Hautman has won a National Book Award for his young adult novels, and while he loves the genre, he says there are reasons not to write young adult fiction. He explains why, and talks about his newest novel.
November 18, 2004 - A Minnesotan won the National Book Award today for Young Adult Literature. Pete Hautman's latest book, "Godless", is about children in a small town who invent their own religion. He accepted the award this morning in New York city -- at a ceremony that also featured a tribute to famed young adult novelist Judy Blume. We reached Pete Hautman before he returned to Minnesota. He said his award might not make it home at all.
August 26, 1996 - MPR’s John Rabe visits Minnesota autor Pete Hautman at the Minneosta State Fair to talk about pigs and his book, “Mortal Nuts.” Hautman shares how his book owes much to the Fair experience.