And The Edgar Award Winners Are . . .

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At a glitzy party in a NYC hotel ballroom, some of the best and the brightest in the crime writing genre came together to honor the nominees and winners of this year's Edgars: novels, short stories, plays and television programs.


I've been trekking from Bean Town to The Big Apple for years to attend the symposium and the agents and editors parties and some years even to the pricey banquet ("come dressed to kill") , but it's always an expensive undertaking, and this year my heart wasn't in it, so I went to Muse & the Marketplace instead for about the same money.

Earlier in this blog I posted the nominees, and now the charmed (and talented) few who bask in the winner's circle.

BEST NOVEL

Down River by John Hart (St. Martin's Minotaur)


BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

In the Woods by Tana French (Penguin Group – Viking)


BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)


BEST FACT CRIME

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton and Company


BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley (The Penguin Press)


BEST SHORT STORY

"The Golden Gopher ' – Los Angeles Noir by Susan Straight (Akashic Books


BEST JUVENILE

The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)


BEST YOUNG ADULT

Rat Life by Tedd Arnold (Penguin – Dial Books for Young Readers)


BEST PLAY

Panic by Joseph Goodrich (International Mystery Writers' Festival)


BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

"Pilot" – Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television Studios)


BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY

Michael Clayton, Screenplay by Tony Gilroy (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Congratulations to all. I read Megan Abbot's first book and thought it was brilliant. Loved Michael Clayton, too.

Link to Galley cat photos and more news of the Edgar's event
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/awards/scene_the_edgars_prebanquet_reception_83875.asp

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