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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The 60th MWA awards banquet was held this evening and the Edgar Award winners were announced. The winners were as follows:

Best Novel:
CITIZEN VINCE, Jess Walter

Best First Novel by an American Author:
OFFICER DOWN, Theresa Schwegel

Best Paperback Original:
GIRL IN THE GLASS, Jeffrey Ford

Best Critical/Biographical
GIRL SLEUTH: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, Melanie Rehak

Best Fact Crime:
RESCUE ARTIST: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece, Edward Dolnick

Best Short Story:
"The Catch" - GREATEST HITS, James W. Hall

Best Young Adult:
LAST SHOT, John Feinstein

Best Juvenile:
THE BOYS OF SAN JOAQUIN, D. James Smith

Best Play:
"Matter of Intent", Gary Earl Ross

Best Teleplay:
Sea of Souls - "Amulet", Ed Whitmore

Best Motion Picture Screenplay:
"Syriana", Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan, based on the book by Robert Baer

[4/27/2006]

AWARDS GIVEN FOR SERVICE TO MYSTERY FIELD

Elizabeth Foxwell and Margaret Kinsman received the George N. Dove Award from the Detective/Mystery Caucus of the Popular Culture Association on April 14th. The award was presented during the caucus's business meeting at PCA's Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Foxwell is Managing Editor for the journal "Clues: A Journal of Detection , America's only scholarly journal on mystery and detective
fiction an Agatha Award winner; producer and host of "It's a Mystery," a weekly radio program on mysteries; and coauthor of THE ROBERT B PARKER COMPANION (Berkley, 2005).

Kinsman is the Executive Editor of "Clues: A Journal of Detection".

The award recognizes "outstanding contributions to the serious study of mystery and crime fiction" and is named for the late George N. Dove, a pioneer in mystery scholarship.

For further information contact Dr. Marty Knepper, cochair of PCA's Detective/Mystery Caucus: phone: 712/274-5264, or email knepper@morningside.edu

[4/27/2006]

ARTHUR ELLIS SHORT LIST ANNOUNCED

Crime Writers of Canada has announced the short list for their annual Arthur Ellis Awards

Best Novel:
Rick Blechta, CEMETERY OF THE NAMELESS (RendezVous Press)
Giles Blunt, BLACKFLY SEASON (Random House Canada)
Alex Brett, COLD DARK MATTER (Castle Street Mystery/Dundurn)
William Deverell, APRIL FOOL (McClelland & Stewart)
Peter Robinson, STRANGE AFFAIR (McClelland & Stewart)

Best First Novel:
Rob Harasymchuk, THE JOINING OF DINGO RADISH (Great Plains Publications)
Mike Harrison, ALL SHOOK UP (ECW Press)
Illona Haus, BLUE MERCY (Pocket Star Books/Simon & Schuster)
Louise Penny, STILL LIFE (McArthur & Company)
Ilona van Mil, SUGARMILK FALLS (McClelland & Stewart)

Best Short Story"
Melanie Fogel, "Plenty of Time" WHEN BOOMERS GO BAD (RendezVous Press)
Day's Lee, "The Red Pagoda", WHEN BOOMERS GO BAD
Rick Mofina, "Lightning Rider", MURDER IN VEGAS (Forge Books)
James Powell, "The Headless Horseman and the Horseless Carriage", Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (September/October=
2005)
Coleen Steele, "The Knitting Circle" Storyteller (Winter 2005)

Best Non-Fiction:
Linda Diebel, BETRAYED: The Assassination of Digna Ochoa (HarperCollins Canada)
Rebecca Godfrey, UNDER THE BRIDGE: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk (HarperCollins Canada)
Susanne Reber & Robert Renaud, STARLIGHT TOUR: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild (Random House Canada)
Daniel Sanger, HELL'S WITNESS (Penguin Canada)

Best Juvenile:
Sheldon Goldfarb, REMEMBER, REMEMBER (UKA)
Vicki Grant, QUID PRO QUO (Orca Book Publishers)
Jacqueline Guest, WILD RIDE (James Lorimer & Company)
Norah McClintock, NOT A TRACE (Scholastic Canada)
Diane Tullson, RED SEA (Orca Book Publishers)

Best Crime Writing in French:
Benoit Bouthillette, LA TRACE DE L'ESCARGOT (Les Editions JCL)
Jacques Cote, LA RIVE NOIRE (Alire)
Gerald Galarneau, MOTEL RIVIERA (Les Editions JCL)

For information about CWC, go to http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/cwc/pages/aboutcwc.html

[4/25/2006]

AGATHA AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Malice Domestic has presented its annual Agatha Awards. The awards were presented this evening at the banquet of the annual conveniton, held in Arlington, VirgInia. The winners are as follows:

Best Novel:
THE BODY IN THE SNOWDRIFT, Katherine Hall Page

Best First Nove:
BETTER OFF WED, Laura Durham

Best Non-fiction:
GIRL SLEUTH: NANCY DREW AND THE WOMEN WHO CREATED HER, Melanie Rehak

Best Short Story:
"Driven to Distraction", Marcia Talley (CHESAPEAKE CRIMES II)

Best Childrens/Young Adult Fiction: (tie)
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, Peter Abrahams,
FLUSH, Carl Hiaasen

[4/22/2006]

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