Founded in 2012 by Angela and Jamie Schwesnedl, it sells rare and used books and, after having moving twice since its establishment, is currently located on Minnehaha Avenue near Lake Street.
Angela and Jamie Schwesnedl established Moon Palace Books in the fall of 2012, originally in a smaller location.
The next year, in the summer of 2017, Moon Palace Books moved to its third and current location along Minnehaha Avenue and near Lake Street, a building with 3,300 square feet of space.
[3] Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Moon Palace Books closed up their storefront and instead converted the building to a shipping center while providing a pickup option through a side window.
Past authors and artists hosted include Oyinkan Braithwaite, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Danez Smith, Charles Baxter, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Taiyon J. Coleman, Emma Törzs, Zach Goldberg, Shannon Gibney, and Northern Lights.mn.