Local author Ally Condie's middle grade mystery novel up for Edgar Award

Ally Condie, best-selling author of the Matched series and a Utah native who currently resides in Pleasant Grove, found out she was a finalist for an Edgar Award while at school in Vermont.She said she goes twice a year to take classes toward a master of fine arts in creative writing and just happened to be there when she was selected as one of the five finalists in the juvenile category for her middle grade novel "Summerlost" (Dutton Children's Books, $17.99, 272 pages, ages 10 and up).Condie s