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EDGAR AWARDS PRESENTED
The 2004 Edgar Awards, given by Mystery Writers of America, were handed out in New York on April 29, 2004, for work published or presented in 2003. The winners are
BEST NOVEL
RESURRECTION MEN, Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
DEATH OF A NATIONALIST, Rebecca Pawel (Soho Press)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
FIND ME AGAIN, Sylvia Maultash Warsh (Dundurn Group)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
BEAUTIFUL SHADOW: A Life of Patricia Highsmith, Andrew Wilson (Bloomsbury)
BEST FACT CRIME
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, Erik Larson (Random House - Crown Books)
BEST SHORT STORY
"The Maidsˆ, G. Miki Hayden from BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS (Berkley Prime Crime)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
ACCELERATION, Graham McNamee (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Childrens)
BEST JUVENILE
BERNIE MAGRUDER & THE RATS IN THE BELFRY, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
"Goodbye", The Practice, teleplay, Peter Blake & David E. Kelley
BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
Dirty Pretty Things by Steve Knight (BBC, Celador Productions, Jonescompany)
A Special Edgar Award was given to Home Box Office, in recognition of the creation and production of their ground-breaking crime series such as "The Sopranos", "Oz" and "The Wire"
Other awards:
Grand Master: Joseph Wambaugh
Mary Higgins Clark Award: M.K. Preston, SONG OF THE BONES
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: Sandy Balzo, "The Grass is Always Greener" (EQMM, 3/03)
Raven Awards:
Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University, in recognition of its long- standing work in collecting and preserving detective fiction and to "Vanity Fair Magazine", Editor, Graydon Carter, in recognition of its coverage of true crime
[4/30/2004]
Chester Himes Black Mystery Writers Conference
The Ninth Annual Chester Himes Black Mystery Writers Conference and Awards Program will take place on Saturday, May 1 at the Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA. Admission is FREE.
Guest authors presenting will be Robert Greer, Terris Grimes, Jackie Banks, Renay Jackson and Gary Phillips. They will present a discussion of many aspects of writing, from getting started and getting published to booksigning tours and maintaining a presence in the market. The conference will also present an contest award for writing to a high school student. Friends of Chester Himes has sponsored this conference for nine years to recognize published African American mystery authors and to promote literacy among teens.
For more information, call 415/885-4709 or email tfoch2000@yahoo.com
[4/06/2004]
THE POISON TEA PARTY 2004
A mystery writer's conference will be held June 18-19, 2004, at the Lamplighter Inn in Springfield, Missouri. Registration fee for event is $50.00 until April 15th, $60.00 thereafter. Basic hotel rate is $54.00/night which includes breakfast. Hotel phone is (417) 869-3900
Activities include: three speakers, a lunch, a dinner, and a mystery solving activity. Speakers include a forensics expert, authors and editors including Susan McBride, Denise Swanson, Marcia Preston and more. Conference attendees may participate in three mystery writing contests.
For more information contact Jennifer DiCamillo, conference chair at Poorboy@atlascomm.net or see the website at http://www.hometown.aol.com/sleuthsink/
Mailing address is Sleuths' Ink, PO Box 3874, Springfield, MO 65808-3874
[4/06/2004]
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