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MWA Announces Raven, Ellery Queen Awards
The Raven Award, established in 1953, is given for outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside creative writing. The Ellery Queen award, presented since 1983, honors teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing field. Recipients are chosen by the MWA Board of Directors.
A Raven Award will go to Bonnie Claeson and Joe Gugliemelli, co-owners of the Black Orchid Bookshop in New York City. The Black Orchid has become a major supporter of established and emerging authors of crime fiction and non-fiction since it opened almost twelve years ago.
Joan Hansen, who six years ago originated "Men of Mystery" for the non-profit Literary Guild of Orange County (CA), an all-day gathering that this year presented 60 authors to an audience of more than 600, will also receive a Raven Award.
The Ellery Queen Award will be presented to Brian Skupin and Kate Stine, co-publishers of Mystery Scene Magazine, which appears five times annually. The publication, which Ms. Stine also edits, is credited with lively, expert coverage of mystery, crime and suspense fiction, with an emphasis on the creative life of writers.
Awards will be presented at the 60th Annual Edgar Awards banquet, April 27, 2006, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
[11/21/2005]
CWA ANNOUNCES DAGGER AWARD WINNERS
Britain’s Crime Writers’ Assocaiton has announced the winners of the 2005 Dagger awards.
This year, the CWA voted on “the best of the best” - the Dagger of Daggers for the best of all the past winners (of the Crossed Red Herring or the Gold Dagger).
This award went to John Le Carré for THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD.
The Gold Dagger went to Arnaldur Indridason, SILENCE OF THE GRAVE
The Silver Dagger went to Barbara Nadel for DEADLY WEB..
The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (for the best adventure/thriller novel in the vein of James Bond) went to Henry Porter for BRANDENBURG.
The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, for first books by unpublished writers. Went to Dreda Say Mitchell for RUNNING HOT.
The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger went to CJ Sansom's DARK FIRE; special mention to Iain Pears's THE PORTRAIT.
The Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction went to Gregg and Gina Hill for ON THE RUN.
The Short Story Dagger went to Danuta Reah for "No Flies on Frank" first published in Sherlock magazine.
The Debut Dagger for unpublished authors of fiction went to Ruth Dugdall (UK) for The Woman Before Me.
Highly Commended in this category was The Mystery of the Third Lucretia by Susan Runholt (USA).
The Dagger in the Library, nominated and judged by librarians and awarded to a body of work, went to Jake Arnott.
THE Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement, was given back in May to Ian Rankin, OBE.
For more information see http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2005/index.html
[11/09/2005]
THANKSGIVING DAY MYSTERY RADIO PRESENTATION
Public radio station KCRW and www.KCRW.com has announced a new original production, “Mean Streets USA: A Collection of Short Crime Fiction.” The presenetation will be available on radio and simulcast on the internet, Thursday, November 24 from 1 to 4 pm (PST) and Friday, November 25, Noon to 5 (PST)
The production will offer a total of eight hours of drama with musical collaboration. Authors featured include Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley, Sue Grafton and Michael Connelly. Their work will be interpreted by range of actors including Stacy Keach, Sharon Lawrence and Meschach Taylor
The works offered are::
The Angry Man, by Ross Macdonald - Read by Stacy Keach
Karen Makes Out, by Elmore Leonard - Read by Sharon Lawrence
Silver Lining, by Walter Mosley - Read by Meshach Taylor
Serpents' Dance, by Jim Fusilli - Read by Tate Donovan
I'll Be Waiting,by Raymond Chandler - Read by Dakin Matthews
Hard World, by Andrew Vachss - Read by Kevin Tighe
The Parker Shotgun, by Sue Grafton - Read by Harriet Harris
The Dead Their Eyes Implore Us, by George P. Pelecanos- Read by Tony Plana
A Tough Case to Figure, by Dick Lochte - Read by Jefferson Mays
Cielo Azul , by Michael Connelly - Read by John Michael Higgins
KCRW is a Santa Monica public radio station that can be found at 89.9 FM. After it airs, the series will be available as CD series, available as a gift with membership.
For more information, see their website at www.KCRW.com.
[11/08/2005]
MWA NAMES KAMINSKY GRAND MASTER 2006
Mystery Writers of America has announced that their highest honor, the Grand Master award, will be presented in 2006 to Stuart Kaminsky. The award will be made during the annual Edgar Awards dinner, held in New York City next April 27.
Kaminsky is not only a prolific writer of mystery fiction, but is known for his writing and teaching on film and television production. Kaminsky, a six-time Edgar nominee (and won an Edgar for best novel for COLD RED SUNRISE in 1989), has created for different series characters; the long running Toby Peters Hollywood "celebrity" series, the dark Rostnikov mysteries set in the Soviet Union (and now Russia), the series featuring Abe Lieberman, an aging Chicago cop and the books featuring Lew Fonseca.
Past Grand Masters include 2005's winner, Marcia Muller along with Elmore Leonard, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Tony Hillerman, P.D. James, Ellery Queen, Daphne du Maurier, Graham Greene, Raymond Chandler, and Agatha Christie (the first Grand Master, named in 1955).
for more infromation, see the MWA website at http://mysterywriters.org/ and Kaminsky's own website at http://www.stuartkaminsky.com/
[11/08/2005]
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