Spotted Owl Awards

Chelsea Cain and Johnny Shaw are the recipients of the twentieth annual Friends of Mystery Spotted Award. Cain is receiving her award for her book, One Kick, published in August 2014 by Simon & Schuster.. Johnny Shaw is receiving his award for his book, Plaster City, published by Thomas & Mercer in April 2014.

The Spotted Owl Award was established in 1995 and is given to the best mystery novel of the year by an author who lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, British Columbia, Canada, Idaho, Oregon or Washington.

HT: Bill Cameron