It's award season and we have plenty of winners this week with the Mystery Writers of America Edgar® Awards, The Malice Domestic Agatha Awards and The Short Mystery Fiction Society Derringer Awards. We have all the winners in one place to help you fill up that TBR pile. A big congratulations to all the winners.
The Edgars
The Edgars
BEST NOVEL
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
BEST FACT CRIME
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Random House – Penguin Press)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (W.W. Norton - Liveright)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Autumn at the Automat” – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)
BEST JUVENILE
OCDaniel by Wesley King (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown BFYR)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
"A Blade of Grass" – Penny Dreadful, Teleplay by John Logan (Showtime)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
"The Truth of the Moment" – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by E. Gabriel Flores (Dell Magazines)
GRAND MASTER
Max Allan Collins
Ellen Hart
RAVEN AWARD
Dru Ann Love
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Neil Nyren
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
The Agatha Awards
Best Contemporary Novel
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
Best Historical Novel
The Reek of Red Herrings by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur Books)
Best First Novel
The Semester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn (Henery Press)
Best Nonfiction
Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats by Jane K. Cleland (Writer's Digest Books)
Best Short Story
"Parallel Play" by Art Taylor in Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press)
Best Children/Young Adult
The Secret of the Puzzle Box: The Code Busters Club by Penny Warner (Darby Creek)
Lifetime Achievement: Charlaine Harris
Poirot Award: Martin Edwards
The Agatha Awards were presented tonight at the Malice Domestic Banquet. Winners in each category were decided by the attendees of Malice Domestic 29. Wish I could have been there. Congratulations to All!
Best Contemporary Novel
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
Best Historical Novel
The Reek of Red Herrings by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur Books)
Best First Novel
The Semester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn (Henery Press)
Best Nonfiction
Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats by Jane K. Cleland (Writer's Digest Books)
Best Short Story
"Parallel Play" by Art Taylor in Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press)
Best Children/Young Adult
The Secret of the Puzzle Box: The Code Busters Club by Penny Warner (Darby Creek)
Lifetime Achievement: Charlaine Harris
Poirot Award: Martin Edwards
The Derringer Awards
BEST FLASH STORY (1 - 1,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Flash Story is presented to
Herschel Cozine
for
“The Phone Call”
(Flash Bang Mysteries, Summer 2016)
FINALISTS
“Aftermath” by Craig Faustus Buck
(Flash Bang Mysteries, Spring 2016)
“A Just Reward” by O'Neil De Noux
(Flash Bang Mysteries, Winter 2016)
“The Orphan” by Billy Kring
(Shotgun Honey, March 18, 2016)
“An Ill Wind” by R.T. Lawton
(Flash Bang Mysteries, Spring 2016)
Best Short Story (1,001 - 4,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Short Story is presented to
Linda Barnes
for
“The Way They Do It in Boston”
(Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2016)
FINALISTS
“Beks and the Second Note” by Bruce Arthurs
(Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 2016)
“YOLO” by Libby Cudmore
(BEAT to a PULP, May 2016)
“The Woman in the Briefcase” by Joseph D'Agnese
(Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2016)
“The Lighthouse” by Hilde Vandermeeren
(Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2016)
Best Long Story (4,001- 8,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Long Story is presented to
Victoria Weisfeld
for
“Breadcrumbs”
(Betty Fedora: Kickass Women In Crime Fiction, Issue 3, September 2016)
FINALISTS
“Swan Song” by Hilary Davidson
(Unloaded: Crime Writers Writing Without Guns, ed. By Eric Beetner, Down & Out Books, April 2016)
“Effect on Men” by O'Neil De Noux
(The Strand magazine, Issue XLVIII, Feb-May 2016)
“The Cumberland Package” by Robert Mangeot
(Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2016)
“Murder Under the Baobab” by Meg Opperman (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2016)
Best Novelette (8,000 to 20,000 words)
The 2017 Derringer for Best Novelette is presented to
Terrie Farley Moran
for
“Inquiry and Assistance”
(Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2016)
FINALISTS
“Coup de Grace” by Doug Allyn
(Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2016)
“The Chemistry of Heroes” by Catherine Dilts
(Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 2016)
“The Educator” by Travis Richardson
(44 Caliber Funk: Tales of Crime, Soul, and Payback, ed. by Gary Phillips and Robert J. Randisi, Moonstone, December 2016)
“The Last Blue Glass” by B.K. Stevens
(Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016)
Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer
Robert Randisi
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