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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Left Coast Crime Awards




Last night at the Left Coast Crime Convention in Monterey, these coveted awards were given out. A big congratulations to all the winners but especially my friend Catriona McPherson for winning The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award. Well done.

The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award: Best historical mystery novel covering events before 1960
Catriona McPherson, DANDY GILVER AND A BOTHERSOME NUMBER OF CORPSES (Minotaur Books)




The Squid: Best mystery set within the United States
William Kent Krueger, ORDINARY GRACE (Atria Books)




The Calamari: Best mystery set anywhere else in the world
Louise Penny, HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (Minotaur Books)




The Lefty: Best humorous mystery novel
Brad Parks, THE GOOD COP (Minotaur Books)




Sue Trowbridge: Fan Guest of Honor

Mystery Playground also recapped Day One, Two and Three of Left Coast Crime. 

Photos by Darrell Hoemann Photography

4 comments:

  1. Congratulations to all, specially my pal, Catriona!

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  2. Congrats to all! (I am also convinced Catriona M. is almost every person on earth's pal.)

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    1. I wouldn't be surprised. She's a wonderful person and very generous with her friendship.

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  3. Looks like everyone had a lot of fun at the conference.

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