And the winners . . .

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners of this year's Agatha Awards 


Best Contemporary Novel
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)

Best Historical Novel
The Reek of Red Herrings by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur Books)

Best First Novel
The Semester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn (Henery Press)

Best Nonfiction
Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats by Jane K. Cleland (Writer's Digest Books)

Best Short Story
"Parallel Play" by Art Taylor in Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press)

Best Children/Young Adult
The Secret of the Puzzle Box: The Code Busters Club by Penny Warner (Darby Creek)

Lifetime Achievement: Charlaine Harris

Poirot Award: Martin Edwards

Eddie and Aggie sittin' in a tree . . .

We've had a couple of major award banquets this week - The Edgars and The Agathas.

I listed all the nominees a few weeks ago - today I offer my congratulations to all the nominees again, 

Today, I'm honored to announce the winners - - - 

The Edgars^® were announced at the 65th Gala Banquet in New York City on April 28th, 2011 

Grand Master - Sara Paretsky

 

Best Novel -

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books)

Best First Novel -

 Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva (Tom Doherty Associates - Forge Books)

Best Paperback Original

Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard (Random House - Bantam)

Best Fact Crime

Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry (University of Nebraska Press - Bison Original)

Best Critical Biographical

Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang (W.W. Norton)

Best Short Story

"The Scent of Lilacs" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Doug Allyn (Dell Magazines)

Best Juvenile

The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Co.)

Young Adult

The Interrogation of Gabriel James by Charlie Price (Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers)

Play

The Psychic by Sam Bobrick (Falcon Theatre - Burbank, CA)

TV Episode

"Episode 1" - Luther, Teleplay by Neil Cross (BBC America)

Robert L. Fish Memorial

"Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
by Evan Lewis (Dell Magazines) 

Mary Higgins Clark

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Raven 

Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, Chicago, IL
Once Upon a Crime Bookstore, Minneapolis, MN  

 

The Agathas were announced at the Malice Domestic banquet in Bethesda, MD on April 30, 2010

Guest of Honor - Carole Nelson Douglas 

Best Novel -  

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. (This was Louise's fourth Agatha in a row)

Best Nonfiction -  

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran

Best Children's/Young Adult -  

The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith

Best First Mystery Novel -  

The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames

Best Short Story - "So Much in Common" by Mary Jane Maffini, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - Sept./Oct. 2010
 

Poirot Award - Janet Rudolph of Mystery Readers' International

CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE!!!!