Newbies, mostly, take home Minnesota Book Awards in a night of upsets

Five times a finalist, and now a winner: Bestselling mystery writer Brian Freeman picked up his first Minnesota Book Award on Saturday night for "The Voice Inside."

Sarah Stonich, a finalist in 2014 for the novel "Vacationland," also was a first-time winner, picking up a trophy for the book's sequel, "Laurentian Divide."

But nationally renowned writers Kelly Barnhill and Kate DiCamillo — both past winners of the Newbery Medal for children's literature — went home Saturday as just finalists, as did several previous winners, including Patricia Hampl and Pete Hautman.

Here is the full list of Minnesota Book Award winners:

Cori Doerrfeld, "The Rabbit Listened" (children's literature): A picture book about an empathetic rabbit who listens in a time of need.

Maya Dusenbery, "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick" (general nonfiction): A deep dive into how sexism in medicine is harmful to women.

Brian Freeman, "The Voice Inside" (genre fiction): Homicide inspector Frost Easton discovers that his best friend has planted evidence to put a serial killer away for life.

Pat Schmatz, "The Key to Every Thing" (middle-grade literature): When Tash comes home from camp, she finds that one person she has always counted on is gone.

Susan Bartlett Foote, "The Crusade for Forgotten Souls: Reforming Minnesota's Mental Institutions" (Minnesota nonfiction): A history of the reform movement in Minnesota, which led to a modern approach to mental health.

Sarah Stonich, "Laurentian Divide" (novel or short story): The second in a planned trilogy, set up the North Shore in the fictional town of Hatchet Inlet.

Chaun Webster, "GeNtry!­fication: or the scene of the crime" (poetry): A debut collection inspired by graffiti, collage and text.

Shannon Gibney, "Dream Country" (young adult literature): Three narratives are woven together in this novel set in Minneapolis and Liberia.