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Bouchercon Awards: 2010 Anthony Awards Lists… Nominees & Winners

October 25, 2010

The Bouchercon Convention was held in San Francisco from the 14th to the 17th of October  – 2010. What a great honor to receive a nomination for Bouchercon’s Anthony Awards. Here are both the nominees and winners for bouchercon’s 2010 Anthony Awards:

Best Novel: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (Winner)
The Last Child by John Hart
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (translated by Reg Keeland)
The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan

Best First Novel: A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (Winner)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
The Twelve/The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville
In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff

Best Paperback Original: Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (Winner)
Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Tower by Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman
Quarry in the Middle by Max Allan Collins
Death and the Lit Chick by G.M. Malliet
Air Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Best Short Story: On the House by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Quarry: Crime Stories by New England Writers) (Winner)
Last Fair Deal Gone Down by Ace Atkins (Crossroad Blues)
Femme Sole by Dana Cameron (Boston Noir)
Animal Rescue by Dennis Lehane (Boston Noir)
Amapola by Luis Alberto Urrea (Phoenix Noir)

Best Critical Non-Fiction Work: Talking about Detective Fiction by P.D. James (Winner)
The Line Up: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler, ed.
Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogak
Dame Agatha’s Shorts: An Agatha Christie Short Story Companion by Elena Santangelo
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar

And, here are some of the Guests of Honor who attended Bouchercon 2010 with Eddie Muller as the Toastmaster:

Distinguished Contribution to the Genre: Lee Child
International Guest of Honor: Denise Mina
American Guest of Honor: Laurie R. King

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Hannah Alexander, Kate Jacobs, Delia Rosen, & Ann Summerville… the Four Newest Additions to the Cozy Mystery Site…

October 23, 2010

Thank you for your recommendations of authors who you feel belong on the Cozy Mystery site! Here are the four latest additions to the site:

Hannah Alexander: Hideaway Mystery Series… Alexander is a pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team (Mel & Cheryl Hodde) who specialize in Christian mysteries that blend a little medical suspense (Mel Hodde is a physician) with romance. They are Christy award-winning authors.

Kate Jacobs: Friday Night Knitting Club Series… Although Jacobs is not a mystery writer, she is a New York Times bestselling author. I know that this is a mystery site, but she comes highly recommended as belonging on the site. Her series features a woman who owns a yarn shop in Manhattan, which has a knitting circle.

Delia Rosen: Deadly Deli Mystery Series… Gwen Silver (aka Nashville Katz) is the sleuth in this new mystery series. She has just inherited her uncle’s Jewish Deli in Nashville, and has some sleuthing on the menu.

Ann Summerville: Summerville was born in England, but currently lives in Texas. Her stand-alone Cozy Mystery books feature British sleuths… one in a Cornish village and another in Texas.

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Authors Similar to Nancy Atherton

October 22, 2010

I just received a comment from Princezzz:

“Help!! I really enjoy Nancy Atherton’s “Aunt Dimity”. I am looking for other authors who write the same type of stories. She sets Aunt Dimity in the U.K. and that’s what I am looking for. I can’t afford to jump on a plane and go to England every year, so reading those kinds of stories are like a “mini vacation”. Any help would be appreciated!”

Authors Who Are Similar to Nancy Atherton:

Susan Wittig Albert: Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Mystery Series

M. C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin Mystery Series AND Hamish Macbeth Mystery Series

Carrie Bebris: Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery Series

Rhys Bowen: Constable Evan Evans Mystery Series

Simon Brett: Fethering Mystery Series AND Melita Pargeter Mystery Series

Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries Mystery Series

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Hazel Holt: Mrs. Malory Mystery Series

Charlotte MacLeod (aka Alisa Craig): Peter Shandy Mystery Series

Robin Paige (aka Susan Wittig Albert & Bill Albert): Sir Charles and Kate Ardleigh Sheridan Victorian Mystery Series

Please post your recommendations of authors who are similar to Nancy Atherton, and I will add them to the list.

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Mystery Books that Take Place in California

October 18, 2010

Here are some Fun California Facts:

State Motto: “Eureka” which means: I have found it.
State Flower is the California Poppy.
Capital is Sacramento.
State Bird is the California Valley Quail.
State Nickname is “The Golden State.”
Spanish explorers thought that California was an island, and named it for a Spanish queen named Califia in a work of fiction written in 1510 by Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo.

Mystery authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site who feature California locations/settings in their books:

Sparkle Abbey: Pampered Pets Mystery Series

Steve Allen: Steve Allen Mystery Series

Jennifer Apodaca: Samantha Shaw Mystery Series

George Baxt: Celebrity Sleuths Mystery Series

Lillian Bell (aka Kristi Abbott, Eileen Rendahl, & Eileen Carr): Funeral Parlor Mystery Series

Joan Blacher: Ardis Jensen Mystery Series

Juliet Blackwell: Witchcraft Mystery Series

Juliet Blackwell: Sophie Tanner Haunted Home Repair Mystery Series

Kate Bryan: Maggie Maguire Mystery Series

Jan Burke: Irene Kelly Mystery Series

Lynn Cahoon: Tourist Trap Mystery Series

Stephen J. Cannell: Shane Scully Mystery Series

Taffy Cannon (aka Emily Toll): Nan Robertson Mystery Series

Taffy Cannon (aka Emily Toll): Roxanne Prescott Mystery Series

Gayle Carline: Peri Minneopa Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Bibliophile Mystery Series

Kate Carlisle: Fixer-Upper Mystery Series

Grace Carroll (aka Carol Culver): Accessories Mystery Series

Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates & Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series

Sally Chapman (aka Annie Griffin): Silicon Valley Mystery Series

Margaret Chittenden: Charlie Plato Mystery Series

Carol Higgins Clark: Regan Reilly Mystery Series

Michael Connelly: Harry Bosch Mystery Series AND Mickey Haller Mystery Series AND Jack McEvoy Mystery Series AND Terry McCaleb Mystery Series

Hy Conrad: Mr. Monk Mystery Series

Bruce Cook (aka Bruce Alexander): Chico Cervantes Mystery Series

Marla Cooper: Destination Wedding Mystery Series

Laura Crum: Gail McCarthy Mystery Series

Carol Culver (aka Grace Carroll): Pie Shop Mystery Series

E.V. Cunningham: Masao Masuto Mystery Series

Claire Daniels (aka Jaqueline Girdner): Karma Crime Mystery Series

Eileen Davidson: Soap Opera Mystery Series

Dianne Day: Fremont Jones Mystery Series

Margaret Dumas: Charley & Jack Fairfax Mytery Series

Susan Dunlap: Jill Smith Mystery Series  AND Kiernan O’Shaughnessy Mystery Series AND Vejay Haskell Mystery Series AND Darcy Lott Mystery Series

Pamela DuMond: Annie Graceland Mystery Series

Lesley Egan (aka Elizabeth Linington & Dell Shannon): Jesse Falkenstein Mystery Series AND Vic Varallo Mystery Series

A. A. Fair (aka Erle Stanley Gardner): Cool Detective Agency Mystery Series

Jerrilyn Farmer: Madeline Bean Mystery Series AND Red Carpet Mystery Series (with Joan Rivers)

Mary Feliz: Maggie McDonald Mystery Series

Janet Finsilver: Redwood Cove Mystery Series

Elaine Flinn: Molly Doyle Mystery Series

Earlene Fowler: Benni Harper Mystery Series

Erle Stanley Gardner (aka A. A. Fair): Perry Mason Mystery Series AND Doug Selby Mystery Series

Kellye Garrett: Detective by Day Mystery Series

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): French Bistro Mystery Series

Jaqueline Girdner (aka Claire Daniels): Kate Jasper Mystery Series

Lee Goldberg: Mr. Monk Mystery Series AND Diagnosis Murder Mystery Series

Nadia Gordon: Sunny McCoskey, Napa Valley Mystery Series

Ron Goulart: Groucho Marx Mystery Series

Margaret Grace (aka Camille Minichino): Miniature Mystery Series

Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series

Annie Griffin (aka Sally Chapman): Hannah Malloy & Kiki Goldstein Mystery Series

Terris McMahan Grimes: Theresa Galloway Mystery Series

Patricia Guiver: Pet Detective Mystery Series

Rebecca M. Hale: Cats and Curios Mystery Series

Gemma Halliday: High Heels Mystery Series AND Hollywood Headlines Mystery Series AND Anna Smith & Nick Dade Mystery Series AND Wine & Dine Mystery Series

Betty Hechtman: Crochet Mystery Series AND Yarn Retreat Mystery Series

Nancy Herriman: Mystery of Old San Francisco Mystery Series – 1860s San Francisco

Lee Hollis: Desert Flowers Mystery Series – Poppy Harmon is a widow who opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency in Palm Springs.

Dorothy Howell: Haley Randolph Mystery Series

Jonnie Jacobs: Kali O’Brien Mystery Series AND Kate Austen Mystery Series

Sue Ann Jaffarian: Odelia Grey Mystery Series AND Fang-In-Cheek Mystery Series AND Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series

Nancy Lynn Jarvis: Regan McHenry Real Estate Mystery Series

Claire M. Johnson: Mary Ryan, Pastry Chef Mystery Series

Linda O. Johnston: Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery Series AND Pet Rescue Mystery Series

Stuart M. Kaminisky: Toby Peters Mystery Series

Susan Kandel: Cece Caruso Mystery Series

Leslie Karst: Sally Solari Mystery Series

Faye Kellerman: Decker & Lazarus Mystery Series

Jonathan Kellerman: Alex Delaware Mystery Series AND Petra Connor Mystery Series

Karen Kijewski: Kat Colorado Mystery Series

Laurie R. King: Martinelli & Hawkin Mystery Series

Harley Jane Kozak: Wollie Shelley Mystery Series

Rochelle Krich: Molly Blume Mystery Series AND Jessie Drake Mystery Series

Joyce Krieg: Talk Radio Mystery Series

Martha C. Lawrence: Elizabeth Chase Mystery Series

Laura Levine: Jaine Austen Mystery Series

Hailey Lind: Art Lover’s Mystery Series

Elizabeth Linington (aka Leslie Egan & Dell Shannon): Ivor Maddox Mystery Series

M. Louisa Locke: Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series

T.C. LoTempio: Nick and Nora Mystery Series

Sheila Lowe: Forensic Handwriting Mystery Series

Lisa Lutz: Izzy Spellman Mystery Series

Lindsay Maracotta: Lucy Freers Mystery Series

Mary Marks: Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series

G. A. McKevett: Savannah Reid Mystery Series

Staci McLaughlin: Blossom Valley Mystery Series

Mary Miley writes the Roaring Twenties Mystery Series which features an ex-Vaudeville/silent films actress in Hollywood during the 1920s.

Marlys Millhiser: Charlie Greene Mystery Series

Camille Minichino (aka Margaret Grace): Periodic Table Mystery Series (Most of the books are set in Massassachusetts, some in California.)

Marcia Muller: Sharon McCone Mystery Series AND Rho Swift Mystery Series (as of Aug. ’10 only one mystery) AND Elena Oliverez Mystery Series AND Joanna Stark Mystery Series

Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini: The Carpenter & Quincannon,Professional Detective Services Mystery Series features an ex-Pinkerton operative & an ex-Secret Service agent in 1890s San Francisco.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy: Joe Grey Cat Mystery Series

Sister Carol Anne O’Marie: Sister Mary Helen Mystery Series

Carlene O’Neil: Cypress Cove Mystery Series

Diana Orgain: Maternal Instincts Mystery Series

Joyce Oroz: Josephine Stuart Mystery Series

Denise Osborne: Queenie Davilov Mystery Series AND Feng Shui Mystery Series

Nancy J. Parra (aka Nancy Coco & Nell Hampton): Wine Country Mystery Series

James Patterson: Women’s Murder Club Mystery Series

Joanne Pence: Angie Amalfi Mystery Series

Gillian Roberts: Howe & August Mystery Series

Lora Roberts: Liz Sullivan Mystery Series AND Bridget Montrose Mystery Series

Cindy Sample: Laurel McKay Mystery Series

Corinne Holt Sawyer: Benbow & Wingate Mystery Series

Michele Scott: Wine Lover’s Mystery Series AND Horse Lover’s Mystery Series

Dell Shannon (aka Elizabeth Linington & Leslie Egan): Luis Mendoza Mystery Series

Patricia Smiley: Tucker Sinclair Mystery Series

Julie Smith: Rebecca Schwartz Mystery Series AND Paul McDonald Mystery Series

Shirley Tallman (aka Erin Ross): Sarah Woolson Mystery Series

Elizabeth Atwood Taylor: Maggie Elliott Mystery Series

Terri Thayer: Quilting Mystery Series

Diane Vallere: Material Witness Mystery Series

Ayelet Waldman: Mommy Track Mystery Series

Joseph Wambaugh: Hollywood Station Mystery Series

Penny Warner: Party Planning Mytery Series AND Connor Westphal Mystery Series

Betty Webb: Gunn Zoo Mystery Series

Kirsten Weiss: Pie Town Mystery Series, Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery Series, Doyle Mystery Series, Witches of Doyle Mystery Series, AND Riga Hayworth Mystery Series

Melinda Wells (Linda Palmer): Della Cooks Mystery Series

Don Yarber: Kip Yardley Mystery Series

Please feel free to comment if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any corrections.

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