Mystery Awards

The Anthony Awards

Named for the late Anthony Boucher, well-known writer, critic,

and fan of the mystery genre, the Anthony is presented

each year during the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

The Barry Awards

BEST NOVEL

• Michael Connelly (Trunk Music -- Little Brown)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• Lee Child (The Killing Floor -- Putnam)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Harlan Coben (Back Spin -- Dell)

The Macavity Awards

BEST MYSTERY NOVEL

• Deborah Crombie (Dreaming of the Bones -- Scribner)
• Michael Connelly (Trunk Music -- Little Brown)
• Donald Westlake (The Ax -- Mysterious Press)
• Jan Burke (Hocus -- Simon & Schuster)
• Arturo Perez-Reverte (The Club Dumas -- Harcourt Brace)

BEST FIRST MYSTERY

• Penny Warner (Dead Body Language -- Bantam)
• Lee Child (The Killing Floor -- Putnam)
• Aljean Harmetz (Off The Face of the Earth -- Scribner)
• Sujata Massey (The Salaryman's Wife -- Harper)

BEST NON-FICTION

• Jan Grape, Dean James and Ellen Nehr (Deadly Women -- Carroll & Graf)
• Natalie Kaufman and Carol Kay (G is for Grafton -- Henry Holt)
• Ian Ousby (Guilty Parties: A Mystery Lover's Companion -- Thames & Hudson)
• Ben MacIntyre (The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief --Farrar Straus Giroux)

BEST SHORT STORY

• Peter Robinson (Two Ladies of Rose Cottage in the Malice Domestic 6 anthology --Pocket Books)
• Edward Marston and Peter Lovesey (The Corbett Correspondence in the Malice Domestic 6 anthology -- Pocket Books)
• Stuart Kaminsky (Find Miriam -- New Mystery Magazine, Summer '97)
• Polly Whitney (Etiquette Lesson -- Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine, Fall '97)
• William Bankier (Real Bullets This Time -- EQMM, July '97)

The Hammett Prize

• William Deverell (Trial Of Passion -- McClelland & Stewart)
• James Lee Burke (Cimarron Rose -- Hyperion)
• Michael Connelly (Trunk Music -- Little Brown)
• Bill Pronzini (A Wasteland of Strangers -- Walker)
• L. R. Wright (Acts of Murder -- Doubleday Canada)

The Shamus Awards

(Short preface note -- This may very well be the last time Shamus Awards will be given out at a Bouchercon convention. In the future, these awards will be announced at planned annual EYECON conventions. Next year's EYECON99 website is already up and I encourage you to visit there for more info.)

BEST P.I. NOVEL

• Terrance Faherty (Come Back Dead -- Simon & Schuster)
• Robert Crais (Indigo Slam -- Hyperion)
• Earl Emerson (Deception Pass -- Ballantine)
• Dennis LeHane (Sacred -- Morrow)
• Maxine O'Callaghan (Down For The Count -- St. Martin's Press)
• S. J. Rozan (No Colder Place -- St. Martin's Press)

BEST P.I. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• Laura Lippman (Charm City -- Avon)
• Harlan Coben (Back Spin -- Dell)
• Tim Hemlin (A Whisper Of Rage -- Ballantine)
• Randye Lordon (Father Forgive Me -- Avon)
• Gloria White (Sunset And Santiago -- Dell)

BEST P.I. FIRST NOVEL

• Rick Riordan (Big Red Tequila -- Bantam)
• Laura Lippman (Baltimore Blues -- Avon)
• Katy Munger (Legwork -- Avon)

BEST P.I. SHORT STORY

• Carolyn Wheat (Love Me For My Yellow Hair Alone in the Marilyn: Shades Of Blonde anthology -- Forge)
• Doug Allyn (Copperhead Run -- EQMM, June '97)
• Greg Fallis (Lord Of Obstacles -- AHMM, January '97)
• Jan Grape (A Front Row Seat in the Vengeance Is Hers anthology -- Signet)
• John Lutz (Nightcrawlers -- EQMM, April '97)

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards are given by the Mystery Writers of America to honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, and film published or produced in 1997. MWA's "Edgars" were announced Thursday, April 30, 1998.

GRAND MASTER AWARD

• Barbara Mertz (aka Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels)

BEST NOVEL

• Cimarron Rose (Hyperion) James Lee Burke

BEST NOVEL NOMINEES

• Deborah Crombie Dreaming of the Bones (Avon)
• Bill Pronzini A Wasteland of Strangers (Walker)
• Ian Rankin Black and Blue (St. Martin's Press)
• Mark T. Sullivan The Purification Ceremony (Avon)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

• Los Alamos (Broadway Books) Joseph Kanon

NOMINEES

• Suzanne Berne A Crime in the Neighborhood (Algonquin Books)
• Phillip Reed Bird Dog (Pocket Books)
• Lisa See Flower Net (HarperCollins)
• K.J.A. Wishnia 23 Shades of Black (Imaginary Press)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINALl

• Charm City (Avon) Laura Lippman

NOMINEES

• Susan Rogers Cooper Home Again, Home Again (Avon)
• Margaret Frazer The Prioress' Tale (Berkley Prime Crime)
• Stuart M Kaminsky Tarnished Icons (Ivy Books)
• Gloria White Sunset and Santiago (Dell)

BEST CRITICALl/BIOGRAPHICAL

• "G" is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone (Henry Holt & Co) Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Carol McGinnis Kay

NOMINEES

• George M Dove The Reader and the Detective Story (Popular Press) ed. by Steve Glassman and Maurice O'Sullivan
• Crime Fiction and Film in the Sunshine State: Florida Noir (Popular Press) ed. by Jan Grape, Dean James, and Ellen Nehr
• Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion (Carroll & Graf) ed. by Barbara Peters and Susan Malling
• AZ Murder Goes Classic (Poisoned Pen Press)

BEST FACT CRIME

• The Death of Innocents (Bantam) Richard Firstman and Jamie Talari

NOMINEES

• Bernard Lefowitz Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb (University of California Press)
• Ben MacIntyre The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
• Ann Rule Bitter Harvest: A Woman's Fury, A Mother's Sacrifice (Simon & Schuster)
• John C Tucker May God Have Mercy: A True Story of Crime & Punishment (Norton)

BEST SHORT STORY

• Keller on the Spot by Lawrence Block, in Playboy, November 1997

NOMINEES

• Ways to Kill a Cat by Simon Brett, in Malice Domestic 6 (Pocket Books)
• The Kneeling Soldier by Jeffrey Deaver, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March 1997
• Find Miriam by Stuart Kaminsky, in New Mystery Magazine, Summer 1997
• The Man Who Beat the System by Stuart Kaminsky, in Funny Bones (Signet)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

• Ghost Canoe (Morrow Junior Books) Will Hobbs

NOMINEES

• Edward Bloor Tangerine (Harcourt, Brace & Co)
• Sonja Levitin Yesterday's Child (Simon & Schuster)
• Marsha Qualey Thin Ice (Delacorte)
• Marilyn Singer Deal with a Ghost (Henry Holt)

BEST JUVENILE

• Sparrows in the Scullery (Wallace Atheneum) Barbara Brooks

NOMINEES

• Barbara Mariconda Turn the Cup Around (Delacorte)
• Katharine Hall Page Christie & Company Down East (Avon)
• Willo Davis Roberts Secrets at Hidden Valley (Atheneum)
• Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson Wolf Stalker (National Geographic Society)

BEST EPISODE IN A TELEVISION SERIES

• Double Down Law & Order, NBC story by Richard Swaren and Simon Wincelberg, teleplay by Ed Zuckerman and Simon Wincelberg

NOMINEES

• Thrill written by Rene Balcer (Law & Order, NBC)
• Blood story by Rene Balcer and Craig Tepper, teleplay by Craig Tepper (Law & Order, NBC)
• First Degree written by Michael R Perry, Stephen Gagham, and David E Kelley (The Practice, ABC)
• Burned written by Siobhan Byrne (Law & Order, NBC)

BEST TELEVISION FEATURE or MINISERIES

• Blood Sweat and Tears by John Milne (Silent Witness/A&E)

NOMINEES

• White Ghost by Paul Abbot (Cracker/A&E)
• Dead Heads by Alan Plater (Dalziel & Pascoe/A&E)
• Into the Blue written by Simon Burke (Mystery!/PBS)
• The Sculptress written by Tim Anderson (Mystery!/PBS)

BEST MOTION PICTURE

• LA Confidential screenplay by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (Warner Brothers)

NOMINEES

• Donnie Brasco screenplay by Paul Attanasio (Columbia Pictures)
• Conspiracy Theory screenplay by Brian Helgeland (Warner Brothers)
  

BEST PLAY

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  A Red Death, stage adaptation by David Barr

Robert L Fish Award - for the best first short story by an American author

• If Thine Eye Offend Thee by Rosaland Roland, in Murder x 13 (Crown Valley Press)
• Raven (for outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing)  Sylvia Burack
  

1998 Agatha Awards


The Agatha awards are presented at the annual Malice Domestic mystery convention, having been voted on by convention attendees. Winners were announced at the Agatha Awards Banquet May 2, 1998. The award is named in honor of Agatha Christie, author of many "cozy" mysteries, and is shaped like a teapot, as the traditional cozy takes
place in the English countryside.

BEST  NOVEL

• The Devil in Music (Viking) Kate Ross

 
NOMINEES

• Jan Burke Hocus (Simon & Schuster)
• Deborah Crombie Dreaming Of The Bones (Scribner)
• Earlene Fowler Goose In A Pond (Berkley)
• Elizabeth Peters Seeing A Large Cat (Warner)

BEST  FIRST MYSTERY

• The Salaryman's Wife (Broadway Books) Sujata Massey

NOMINEES

• Quieter Than Sleep Joanne Dobson (Doubleday)
• The Butter Did It  Phyllis Richman (HarperCollins)
• Dead Body Language Penny Warner (Bantam)
• Death Brims Over Barbara Jaye Wilson (Avon)
  

BEST  NONFICTION

• Detecting Men Pocket Guide (Purple Moon Press) Willetta Heising 

NOMINEES

• Crimes Of The Scene Nina King & Robin Winks (St. Martin's)
• Guilty Parties Ian Ousby (Thames & Hudson)
  

BEST SHORT STORY

• Tea For Two  by M.D. Lake Funnybones (Signet)

NOMINEES

• Heavenly Bodies by Simon Brett Funnybones (Signet)
• Come To Tea  by Janet Laurence Murder They Wrote (Boulevard)
• Corbett Correspondence by Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey Malice Domestic 6 (Pocket Books)
• Two Ladies Of Rose Cottage by Peter Robinson Malice Domestic 6 (Pocket Books)

LAMBDA Awards for 1998

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Last updated 28 October 1998