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Anthony Awards
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)
Best First Novel - Open Season by C.J. Box (Putnam)
Best Paperback Original - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Ace)
Best Short Fiction - Chocolate Moose by Bill and Judy Crider (Death Dines at 8:30, Berkley)
Best Nonfiction/Critical - Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins)
Best Young Adult - The Mystery of the Haunted Caves by Penny Warner (Meadowbrook)
Best Cover Art - Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan, cover design by Michael Storrings
Special Award for Service to the Mystery Community - Doris Ann Norris
[10/21/2002]
Barry Awards
Given by Deadly Pleasures magazine
Best Novel - Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)
Best British Crime Novel - Dancing with the Virgins by Stephen Booth (Collins Crime)
Best First Novel - Open Season by C.J. Box (Putnam)
Best Paperback Original - Killing Gifts by Deborah Woodworth (Avon)
Don Sandstrom Memorial Award - Gary Warren Niebuhr
[10/21/2002]
Herodotus Awards
Best Historical Mystery Novel - Brothers of Cain by Miriam Grace Monfredo (Berkley)
Best First Historical Mystery Novel - Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen (St Martin's)
Best Historical Short Story - Kiss of Death by Max Allan Collins (Kiss of Death, Crippen & Landru)
Lifetime Achievement - Max Allan Collins
[10/21/2002]
Macavity Awards
Given by Mystery Readers International
Best Novel - Folly by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
Best First Novel - Open Season by C.J. Box (Putnam's)
Best Nonfiction - Writing the Mystery Novel by G. Miki Hayden (Intrigue)
Best Short Story - The Abbey Ghosts by Jan Burke (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
[10/21/2002]
Shamus Awards
Given by Private Eye Writers of America
Best Hardback - Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan (Minotaur)
Best Paperback Original - Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse (Roc)
Best First Novel - Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer (Poisoned Pen)
Best Short Story - Rough Justice by Ceri Jordan (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
Friend of PWA - Jan Grape
The Eye (lifetime achievement) - Lawrence Block
St. Martin's/ PWA contest for new writers - Michael Siverling
[10/21/2002]
"New England Crime Bake" one-day conference
The New England Chapters of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime present NEW ENGLAND CRIME BAKE: A conference for mystery writers and readers
Saturday, November 9, 2002
Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA (Route 495, exit 52 on Eliott Way)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jeremiah Healy, "Twenty Years After: How the Mystery Market Has Changed Since 1982"
Event also includes workshops.
Registration: For members of SinC or MWA $75; nonmembers $85. Deadline to register is October 25. For more information, contact Judy Copek at 781-431-1903.
[10/15/2002]
British CWA nominees (and winners) announced
This year's nominees for awards from the Crime Writers' Association (UK) have been announced. They are as follows:
The Macallan Gold Dagger For Best Crime Novel:
- Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham
- Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
- City Of Bones by Michael Connolly
- The Final Country by James Crumley
- The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Samoza
- Acid Row by Minette Walters
The Macallan Gold Dagger For Non-fiction:
- Anthony Blunt, His Lives by Miranda Carter
- Town Without Pity by Don Hale (with Marika Huns and Hamish McGregor)
- Dead Man's Wages by Lillian Pizzichini
And, although not short-listed because the judges felt it did not fall within the criteria of the award, they gave a special mention to Scene Of The Crime by Julian Earwacker and Kathleen Becker.
The Macallan Short Story Dagger:
- Marbles by Marion Arnott
- The Plater by Ann Cleeves (Murder Squad anthology)
- A Kick In The Lunchbucket by Sean Doolittle
- Martha Grace by Stella Duffy (Tart Noir anthology)
The CWA JOHN CREASEY MEMORIAL DAGGER for best crime novel by a first-time writer was awarded to Louise Welsh for The Cutting Room. Highly commended was The 25th Hour by David Benioff.
The CWA DEBUT DAGGER, awarded to an unpublished author on the strength of an opening section of a crime novel and a synopsis, went to Ilona van Mil for Sugarmilk Falls. Carol Baier received honorable mention for her entry, Heaven's Door.
[10/05/2002]
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