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AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT LEFT COAST CRIME
Left Coast Crime took place Feb. 24-27 in El Paso Texas and the following awards were announced at the banquet on Saturday night.
The Dilys Award, given annually by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association for the book they most enjoyed selling, went to DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER by Jeff Lindsay.
The Bruce Alexander Award for Best Historical Mystery went to THE WITCH IN THE WELL by Sharan Newman.
The Lefty Award for best humorous mystery was a tie. Winners were WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARROTS by Donna Andrews and and BLUE BLOOD by Susan McBride.
The Calavera award, given by this year's LCC for best mystery in the region defined by Left Coast Crime, went to GRAVE ENDINGS by Rochelle Krich.
[2/28/2005]
BARBARA BURNETT SMITH DIES
Deadline News is very sorry to report the death of author Barbara Burnett Smith on February 19, 2005. Barbara died after being hit by a car. Her friend, Patsy Asher, who owns "Remember the Alibi" bookstore where Barbara and her husband were visiting, reported that the couple had come to San Antonio to pick up a dog they were rescuing. The dog escaped from the car and in trying to rescue the dog, Barbara was hit by a car and killed.
Barbara's family donated her organs to others in need. She was then cremated.
Information on the memorial for Barbara was posted on "DorothyL" by Jan Grape who said
A Celebration of Barbara Burnett Smith's life will be held on Thursday, Feb. 24th at 3:00 p.m. Services will be held at Unity Church of the Hills, 9905 Andeson Mills Rd. (512) 335-4449.
Barbara's husband, Gary Petry, has requested that anyone who wishes to, please stand up and talk of a memory of Barbara.
There will be no graveside service as Barbara has been cremated, but there will be a short reception at the church following the service.
Donations (instead of flowers) may be made to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Inc. www.ovarian.org, e-mail: nocc@ovarian.org
500 NE Spanish River Blvd.Ste. 8
Boca Raton, FL 33431
1-888-Ovarian
Thanks to Patsy Asher and Jan Grape for providing the information.
We at Deadline News express our deepest sympathy to Barbara's family and friends. She was a vivacious, generous and well-liked member of the mystery community for over 10 years.
[2/23/2005]
AGATHA AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Malice Domestic has just announced nominees for the Agatha Awards for the best mystery works of 2004. Members of this year's Malice Domestic will vote and the winners will be announced at the Malice Domestic Agatha banquet on April 30, 2005.
Best Novel:
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARROTS, Donna Andrews,
Thomas Dunne Books
BY A SPIDER'S THREAD, Laura Lippman, HarperCollins
HIGH COUNTRY FALL, Margaret Maron, Mysterious Press
THE PEARL DIVER, Sujata Massey, HarperCollins
BIRDS OF A FEATHER, Jacqueline Winspear, Soho Press
Best First Novel:
TILL THE COWS COME HOME, Judy Clemens, Poisoned Pen Press
ARSON AND OLD LACE, Patricia Harwin, Pocket Books
I DREAMED I MARRIED PERRY MASON, Susan Kandel,
HarperCollins
DATING DEAD MEN, Harley Jane Kozak, Doubleday
THE CLOVIS INCIDENT: A Mystery, Pari Noskin Taichert, University of New Mexico Press
Best Nonfiction:
PRIVATE EYE-LASHES: Radio's Lady Detectives, Jack French, Bear Manor Media
THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Complete Short Stories, edited by Leslie Klinger, W. W. Norton & Company
Best Short Story:
"The Butler Didn't Do It", Maria Y. Lima from CHESAPEAKE CRIMES, Coordinating Editor: Donna Andrews, Quiet Storm Publishing
"The Two Marys", Katherine Hall Page from MISTLETOE AND MAYHEM, Avon Books
"Wedding Knife", Elaine Viets from CHESAPEAKE CRIMES
Best Children's/Young Adult Novel:
CHASING VERMEER, Blue Balliett, Scholastic Press
BETRAYAL AT CROSS CREEK, Kathleen Ernst, American Girl
GREEN STREAK: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery, Daniel J. Hale and Matthew LaBrot, Top Publications
For more information see www.malicedomestic.org.
[2/16/2005]
4TH ANNUAL GUMSHOE AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
The Gumshoe awards are given by Mystery Ink to recognize the best achievements in crime fiction. 2004 nominees are:
Best Mystery:
Laura Lippman, BY A SPIDER'S THREAD (William Morrow)
T. Jefferson Parker, CALIFORNIA GIRL (William Morrow)
Jim Fusilli, HARD, HARD CITY (Putnam)
Denise Hamilton, LAST LULLABY (Scribner)
S.J. Rozan, ABSENT FRIENDS (Delacorte)
Best Thriller:
Barry Eisler, RAIN STORM (Putnam)
Dean Koontz: LIFE EXPECTANCY (Bantam)
Alan Furst: DARK VOYAGE (Random House)
Daniel Silva: A DEATH IN VIENNA (Putnam)
Robert Ferrigno: THE WAKE-UP (Pantheon)
Best European Crime Novel:
Henning Mankell, THE RETURN OF THE DANCING MASTER (New Press)
Carlos Ruiz Zafon: THE SHADOW OF THE WIND (Penguin)
Donna Leon: DOCTORED EVIDENCE (Atlantic Monthly Press)
Boris Akunin, MURDER ON THE LEVIATHAN (Random House)
Ian Rankin, A QUESTION OF BLOOD (Little Brown)
Best Debut:
J.A. Konrath, WHISKEY SOUR (Hyperion)
Raelynn Hillhouse, RIFT ZONE (Forge)
Dylan Schaffer, MISDEMEANOR MAN (Bloomsbury)
Harley Jane Kozak, DATING DEAD MEN (Doubleday)
Charles Huston, CAUGHT STEALING (Ballantine)
The winners as well as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement and Crime Fiction Website awards, will be announced on March 9, 2005.
for more information, see the Mystery Ink website at http://www.mysteryinkonline.com/
[2/07/2005]
2005 EDGAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominations for the 2005 Edgar Awards. The banquet will be held April 28, 2005.
BEST NOVEL:
EVAN'S GATE by Rhys Bowen (St.Martin's Minotaur)
BY A SPIDER'S THREAD by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
REMEMBERING SARAH by Chris Mooney (Atria Books)
CALIFORNIA GIRL by T. Jefferson Parker (William Morrow)
OUT OF THE DEEP I CRY by Julia Spencer-Fleming (St. Martin's Minotaur)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR:
LITTLE GIRL LOST by Richard Aleas (Hard Case Crime)
RELATIVE DANGER by Charles Benoit (Poisoned Pen Press)
CLOUD ATLAS by Liam Callanan (Delacorte Press)
TONIGHT I SAID GOODBYE by Michael Koryta (St. Martin's Minotaur)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN by Don Lee (W.W. Norton & Company)
BAHAMARAMA by Bob Morris (St. Martin's Minotaur)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINALL
THE LIBRARIAN by Larry Beinhart (Nation Books)
INTO THE WEB by Thomas H. Cook (Bantam)
DEAD MEN RISE UP NEVER by Ron Faust (Dell)
TWELVE-STEP FANDANGO by Chris Haslam (Dark Alley)
THE CONFESSION by Domenic Stansberry (Hard Case Crime)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL:
THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Complete Short Stories, ed. by Leslie S. Klinger (W.W. Norton)
LATIN AMERICAN MYSTERY WRITERS: An A-to-Z Guide by Daniel B. Lockhart(Greenwood Press)
BOOZE AND THE PRIVATE EYE: Alcohol in the Hard-Boiled Novel by Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe (McFarland & Co.)
THE LIFE OF GRAHAM GREENE, Vol. 3: 1956-1991 by Norman Sherry (Viking Books)
BEST FACT CRIME
READY FOR THE PEOPLE: My Most Chilling Cases as Prosecutor by Marissa N. Batt (Arcade Publishing)
CONVICTION: Solving the Moxley Murder: A Reporter and a Detective's Twenty-Year Search for Justice by Leonard Levitt (Regan Books)
FORENSICS FOR DUMMIES by D.P. Lyle, MD (Wiley Publishing - For Dummies)
ARE YOU THERE ALONE?: The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates by Suzanne O'Malley (Simon & Schuster)
BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein (Little, Brown)
GREEN RIVER, RUNNING RED: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer by Ann Rule (Free Press)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Something About a Scar" - Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You by Laurie Lynn Drummond (HarperCollins)
"The Widow of Slane" by Terence Faherty (EQMM - March/April 2004)
"The Book Signing" - BROOKLYN NOIR by Pete Hamill (Akashic Books)
"Adventure of the Missing Detective" - SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE HIDDEN YEARS by Gary Lovisi (St. Martin's Minotaur)
"Imitate the Sun" by Luke Sholer (EQMM - November 2004)
BEST YOUNG ADULT:
STORY TIME by Edward Bloor (Harcourt Children's Books)
IN DARKNESS, DEATH by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler (Philomel Books)
JUDE by Kate Morgenroth (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing)
THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS by Marcus Sedgwick (Wendy Lamb Books)
Missing Abby by Lee Weatherly (David Fickling Books)
BEST JUVENILE:
CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett (Scholastic Press)
ASSASSIN: The Lady Grace Mysteries by Patricia Finney (Delacorte Books for Young Readers) ABDUCTION! by Peg Kehret (Dutton Children's Books)
LOOKING FOR BOBOWICZ by Daniel Pinkwater (HarperCollins Children's Books)
THE UNSEEN by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
BEST PLAY
Spatter Pattern (Or, How I Got Away With It) by Neal Bell (Playwrights Horizons)
Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life by Max Allan Collins (The Art House)
An Evening of Murder and the Like by Edward Musto (Barrow Group Studio Theatre)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - "Want", Teleplay by Elizabeth Benjamin. Story by René Balcer & Elizabeth Benjamin
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - "Conscience", Teleplay by Gerry Conway. Story by René Balcer & Gerry Conway
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - "Consumed", Teleplay by Warren Leight. Story by René Balcer & Warren Leight
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - "Pas De Deux", Teleplay by Warren Leight. Story by René Balcer & Warren Leight
Monk - "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf", Teleplay by Hy Conrad
BEST TELEVISION FEATURE OR MINI-SERIES TELEPLAY
State of Play by Paul Abbott (BBC America)
Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness by Peter Berry (Granada TV & WGBH Boston)
Death in Holy Orders by Robert Jones, based on the novel by P.D. James (BBC Worldwide)
Amnesia by Chris Lang (BBC America)
"The Darkness of Light" - Wire in the Blood by Alan Whiting (Coastal Productions)
BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
A Very Long Engagement - Screenplay by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, based on the Novel by Sebastien Japrisot (2003 Productions)
The Bourne Supremacy - Screenplay by Tony Gilroy, based on the Novel by Robert Ludlum. (The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Universal Pictures, Hypnotic)
Collateral by Stuart Beattie (DreamWorks SKG)
I'm Not Scared - Screenplay by Francesca Marciano, based on the Novel by Niccolo Ammaniti. (Miramax Films)
Maria Full of Grace - Screenplay by Joshua Marston (HBO Films)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
Thomas Morrissey
"Can't Catch Me" - Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Books)
GRAND MASTER
Marcia Muller
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Carolyn Marino, Vice President/Executive Editor, HarperCollins
RAVEN AWARDS
Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theatre (founded by Steve Oney)
DorothyL listserv (founded by Diane Kovacs and Kara Robinson
Murder by the Book, Houston, TX (Martha Farrington, Owner)
SPECIAL EDGAR AWARDS
David Chase (writer/producer - The Sopranos, The Rockford Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and many other breakthrough TV shows)
Tom Fontana (writer/producer - Homicide: Life on the Street, Oz, and The Jury and many other breakthrough TV shows)
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER-MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
PERFECT SAX by Jerrilyn Farmer (William Morrow/Avon)
THE DROWNING TREE by Carol Goodman (Ballantine Books)
SCENT OF A KILLER by Christiane Heggan (MIRA Books)
GRAVE ENDINGS by Rochelle Krich (Ballantine Books)
MURDER IN A MILL TOWN by P.B. Ryan (Berkley Prime Crime)
For more info, go to http://www.mysterywriters.org/
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[2/06/2005]
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