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2013 Agatha Awards Were Given at the 2014 Malice Domestic Convention

I know the title of this entry may seem odd: 2013 Agatha Awards at the 2014 Malice Domestic Convention… What’s with the different years? But, when you think about it, it actually does make sense. >>> This year, they presented the Agatha Awards for the best mystery books from last year. (Incidentally, the Agatha Awards are actually tea pots.)

So, here are all of the nominees and the winners of the 2013 Agatha Awards:

2013 Agatha Award for Best Novel:

The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Winner)
Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Pagan Spring by G.M. Malliet
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Clammed Up by Barbara Ross

2013 Agatha Award for Best First Novel:

Death al Dente by Leslie Budewitz (Winner)
You Can Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa
Board Stiff by Kendel Lynn
Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero
Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker

2013 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel:

A Question of Honor by Charles Todd (Winner)
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
Death in the Time of Ice by Kaye George
A Friendly Game of Murder by J.J. Murphy
Murder on Chelsea by Victoria Thompson

2013 Agatha Award for Best Short Story:

The Care and Feeding of House Plants by Art Taylor (Winner)
Evil Little Girl by Barb Goffman
Nightmare by Barb Goffman
The Hindi Houdini by Gigi Pandian
Bread Baby by Barbara Ross

2013 Agatha Award for Best Children’s/Young Adult:

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein (Winner)
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau
Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery by Kathleen Ernst
Andi Unexpected by Amanda Flower
Code Busters Club: The Mystery of the Pirate’s Treasure by Penny Warner

2013 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction:

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (Winner)
Georgette Heyer by Jennifer Kloester
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea: An Interesting & Entertaining History of Malice Domestic’s First 25 Years by Verena Rose and Rita Owen, Editors

2013 Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement:

Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess, & Margaret Maron

2013 Malice Domestic Poirot Award:

Tom Schantz

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE NOMINEES AND WINNERS! WHAT AN HONOR!!!

Mother’s Day Mystery Book List

Here are some mystery books that have a Mother’s Day theme.

Christine E. Collier…. A Holiday Sampler (Mother’s Day, Father’s Day)

Nancy Fairbanks…. Bon Bon Voyage

Martin Greenberg (editor)….. Murder for Mother (anthology)

Jane Haddam….. Murder Superior

Lee Harris….. The Mother’s Day Murder

Sue Ann Jaffarian ….. Pull My Paw (Short Story)

Patricia MacDonald…… Mother’s Day

Leslie Meier….. Mother’s Day Murder

Nancy Pickard (editor)….. Mom, Apple Pie & Murder (Anthology)

Joshua Quittner & Michelle Slatalla….. Mother’s Day

Motherhood Is Murder: Anthology with 4 mini-mysteries featuring mothers (not Mother’s Day) by Mary Daheim, Carolyn Hart, Jane Isenberg, & Shirley Rousseau Murphy

If you would like to see some other Holiday Mystery Book lists, please click here.

P.S. If you know of any other mystery books that have a Mother’s Day theme, I would appreciate it if you would post a comment. Thank you!

Laura Childs Interview – April 2014

Click here for the Interview with Laura Childs page.

I recently decided to try adding Cozy Mystery authors’ interviews as a semi-regular feature to the Cozy Mystery site. When I started thinking about this, I made up a tentative list of authors who I thought would be people from whom you all would enjoy hearing. I wanted to resume my author interviews with an author who you all have recommended many times on the monthly Cozy Mystery book recommendations lists. I thought best selling Laura Childs would be an ideal interviewee.

As most of you know, Ms. Childs is the author of three best selling series: the Tea Shop Mystery Series, the Scrapbooking Mystery Series, and the Cackleberry Club Mystery Series.

I want to publicly thank Laura Childs for providing this interview. I hope you all enjoy it!

Click here for the Interview with Laura Childs page.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter the Laura Childs Giveaway!

P.P.S. I also want to thank the Cozy Mystery readers who helped me come up with the questions I asked Ms. Childs. Thank you!

Malice Domestic Convention 2014 – 2013 Agatha Awards

Well, I guess we know where most of our favorite Cozy Mystery authors are right now, and what they are doing this weekend! That’s right, the 26th Malice Domestic Convention is underway right now in Bethesda, Maryland.

I have often said that out of all of the awards that are given to mystery authors/books, the Agatha Awards are by far the Coziest of Cozy! And, those are the very same awards that are being handed out this weekend at the 26th Malice Domestic Convention. (The Agatha Awards are so Cozy that they are actually tea pots that are inscribed!)

This is where some of our very favorite authors first came to our attention, either having been nominated or having won an award for his/her first mystery novel. If you take a look at the Agatha Awards Best First Novels page, you will (no doubt) recognize a lot of the authors. It seems like a lot of our favorite Cozy Mystery authors started winning awards right here.

Next take a look at the Agatha Awards Best Novel page. Yow! You will see more of our favorite Cozy Mystery authors on this page! Also, in 2011 they began giving the Agatha Awards Best Historical Novel awards. I can’t imagine why it took so long for them to add this category, but I’m certainly glad they did!

I have already listed the authors and their nominated mystery books on these pages. I’ll be posting the winners soon… very soon!

Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners!

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