{"id":1587,"date":"2009-05-06T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T12:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2009-05-06T07:14:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T12:14:02","slug":"2008-agatha-award-winners-or-should-that-be-2009-agatha-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/2008-agatha-award-winners-or-should-that-be-2009-agatha-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Agatha Award Winners (OR Should That Be 2009 Agatha Awards ?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the 2008 Agatha Awards<\/strong> that were given out at the Malice Domestic convention this past weekend. I have gone ahead and included the list from 2007<\/strong> also… ss a sort of reminder of all of the great Cozy Mystery authors who have recently been nominated. (Not to worry, though… I have the list of all of the winners and nominees from many years on the site!) All of the nominated\u00a0authors are\u00a0winners in my book!<\/p>\n

BEST NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a02008:<\/strong> The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny<\/a> (Winner)<\/p>\n

Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews<\/a><\/p>\n

A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry<\/a><\/p>\n

I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming<\/a><\/p>\n

2007:<\/strong> A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny<\/a>\u00a0 (Winner)<\/p>\n

The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews<\/a><\/p>\n

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/p>\n

Hard Row by Margaret Maron<\/a><\/p>\n

Murder with Reservations by Elaine Viets<\/a><\/p>\n

BEST FIRST NOVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008:<\/strong> Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet<\/a> (Winner)<\/p>\n

Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis<\/a><\/p>\n

Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris<\/a><\/p>\n

Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan<\/a><\/p>\n

2007:<\/strong> Prime Time by Hank Phillipi Ryan (Winner)<\/p>\n

A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch<\/p>\n

A Real Basket Case by Beth Groundwater<\/a><\/p>\n

Silent In The Grave by Deanna Raybourn<\/a><\/p>\n

BEST SHORT STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008:<\/strong> The Night Things Changed by Dana Cameron<\/a> (Winner) (from Wolfsbane and Mistletoe<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Killing Time by Jane Cleland<\/a><\/p>\n

Dangerous Crossing by Carla Coupe<\/p>\n

Skull & Cross-Examinations by Toni L.P. Kelner<\/a><\/p>\n

A Nice Old Guy by Nancy Pickard<\/a><\/p>\n

2007:<\/strong> A Rat’s Tale by Donna Andrews<\/a> (Winner)<\/p>\n

Please Watch Your Step by Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/p>\n

Casino Gamble by Nan Higginson<\/p>\n

Popping Round To The Post by Peter Lovesey<\/p>\n

Death Will Clean Your Closet by Elizabeth Zelvin<\/p>\n

BEST NON-FICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008:<\/strong> How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries by Kathy Lynn Emerson<\/a>\u00a0 (Winner)<\/p>\n

African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey<\/p>\n

Anthony Boucher, A Bibliography by Jeff Marks<\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee Poe<\/p>\n

The Suspicions of Mr. Whitcher, or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale<\/p>\n

2007:<\/strong> Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life In Letters by Charles Foley, Jon Lellenberg, & Daniel Stashower\u00a0 (Winner)<\/p>\n

The Official Nancy Drew Handbook by Penny Warner<\/p>\n

BEST CHILDREN\/YOUNG ADULT<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008:<\/strong>\u00a0 The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (Winner)<\/p>\n

Into the Dark by Peter Abrahams<\/a><\/p>\n

A Thief in the Theater (A Kit Mystery) by Sarah Masters Buckey<\/p>\n

The Great Circus Train Robbery by Nancy Means Wright<\/p>\n

2007:<\/strong> A Light in the Cellar by Sarah Masters Buckey (Winner)<\/p>\n

Bravo Zulu, Samantha! by Kathleen Benner Duble<\/p>\n

Cover-Up: Mystery at The Super Bowl by John Feinstein<\/p>\n

The Falconer’s Knot by Mary Hoffman Bloomsbury<\/p>\n

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R. L. LaFevers<\/p>\n

MALICE DOMESTIC AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

2008: Lifetime Achievement:<\/strong> Anne Perry<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2666For more Mystery Book Awards<\/a>, see main page.\u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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