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LEFT COAST CRIME AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Awards to be given at the banquet at Left Coast Crime, held this year in El Paso, Feb. 24-27.
The LEFTY is for the best humorous mystery novel published in 2004.
Nominees:
BLUE BLOOD, Susan McBride
CARNAGE ON THE COMMITTEE, Ruth Dudley Edwards
HOLY GUACAMOLE, Nancy Fairbanks
PERFECT SAX, Jerrilyn Farmer
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARROTS, Donna Andrews
The BRUCE ALEXANDER HISTORY MYSTERY AWARD is for the best historical mystery (set anywhere and in any time period up to the end of World War II) published in 2004.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER, Jacqueline Winspear
FIVE FOR SILVER, Mary Reed and Eric Mayer
MURDER ON MARBLE ROW, Victoria Thompson
TYRANT OF THE MIND, Priscilla Royal
THE WITCH IN THE WELL, Sharan Newman
The CALAVERA is for the best mystery set in the geographic area covered by Left Coast Crime and published in 2004.
FAMILY CLAIMS, Twist Phelan
GRAVE ENDINGS, Rochelle Krich
SHADOW PLAY, David Cole
SNAP SHOT, Meg Chittenden
WHAT OTHERS KNOW, L.C. Hayden
Voting can be done by members of the convention at LCC or via the website at http://LEFTCOASTCRIME2005.COM/.
[1/31/2005]
CHARLOTTE MACLEOD, DEAD AT 82
Charlotte M. MacLeod, award-winning author of more than 30 mystery novels, died Friday in Lewiston, Maine at age 82. MacLeod, a native of Canada, wrote the Peter Shandy series as well as the Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn series and produced a biography of author Mary Roberts Rinehart. She had won the Nero Award and had received nominations for Edgars and Agathas. Also known as by her pseudonym Alisa Craig, MacLeod was honored with a Lifetime Acheivement award from Bouchercon, the World Mystery convention in 1992 and from Malice Domestic in 1998.
An obituary can be found at http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/obits/.Ú
[1/16/2005]
MWA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL AWARDS
MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA's Board of Directors has voted special honors for several members of the mystery community. Awards are going to writer/producers Tom Fontana, David Chase and to editor Carolyn Marino. Fontana and Chase are known for their excellent writing and production of such breakthrough tv dramas St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street, Oz, The Beat, and The Jury, The Rockford Files, Northern Exposure, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, I'll Fly Away, and The Sopranos.
HarperCollins Vice President and Executive Editor Carolyn Marino will receive the Ellery Queen Award, presented to editors or publishers who have distinguished themselves by their generous and wide-ranging support of the mystery genre.
The Raven Award, given to individuals and institutions who have made significant contributions to the mystery genre or to MWA, will go to four recipients: Martha N. Farrington, owner of Murder by the Book bookstore in Houston, Texas; Steven Oney, founder of Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater; and Diane Kovacs and Kara L. Robinson, founders and owners of the DorothyL Internet list.
All awards will be presented during the Edgar Awards ceremonies on April 28 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Park Avenue at Grand Central in New York City.
For more information go to
http://www.mysterywriters.org; phone
212/888.8171..
[1/14/2005]
Writing Contest
If you're not yet published in novel-length mystery fiction, you know there aren't a lot of opportunities for mystery, suspense and thriller writers to get feedback on their work prior to sending it to an agent or editor. For that reason, the Popular Fiction Association of Idaho, a non-profit organization dedicated to literacy and promoting the reading and writing of fiction, is sponsoring a writing contest in connection with the Murder In The Grove mystery conference.
Contest participants do NOT need to attend the conference or to be residents of Idaho.
There is room for judging only a limited number of manuscripts, and the grand prize is a great one. Even if you don't "win," everyone who enters is a winner because you'll receive detailed information on how your work was judged, which can be invaluable in helping with revisions and corrections.
Don't miss out. Go to www.murderinthegrove.com and click on "Contest." THE DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 28, 2005.
[1/05/2005]
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