Pete Hautman won an Edgar Award on Thursday night for "Otherwood," his young adult novel published last fall by Candlewick. Hautman is the author of 30 novels for children of all ages, including "Godless," winner of the 2004 National Book Award. Hautman lives in Golden Valley and Stockholm, Wis.
"The Widows of Malabar Hill," by former Minnesotan Sujata Massey, won the Mary Higgins Clark Award.
The awards, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America, are named for Edgar Allan Poe and honor the best in mysteries--fiction, nonfiction and television.
Here's the full list of winners:
BEST NOVEL
Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley (Hachette Book Group - Mulholland)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin (HarperCollins Publishers - Ecco)