{"id":1599,"date":"2009-05-10T07:26:35","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T12:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2009-05-10T07:26:35","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T12:26:35","slug":"2009-edgar-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/2009-edgar-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Edgar Awards…"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no excuse for\u00a0being so late in adding the 2009 Edgars<\/strong> (Edgar Allan Poe Awards) >>> I’m sorry it has taken me so long. But, better today than not at all!<\/p>\n

\u00a02009 Edgar Nominees:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best Novel:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (Winner)<\/p>\n

Missing by Karin Alvtegen<\/p>\n

Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno<\/p>\n

The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes<\/p>\n

The Night Following by Morag Joss<\/p>\n

Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Best First Novel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Foreigner by Francie Lin (Winner)<\/p>\n

The Kind One by Tom Epperson<\/p>\n

Sweetsmoke by David Fuller<\/p>\n

Calumet City by Charlie Newton<\/p>\n

A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock<\/p>\n

Best Paperback Original:<\/strong><\/p>\n

China Lake by Meg Gardiner (Winner)<\/p>\n

The Prince of Bagram Prison by Alex Carr<\/p>\n

Money Shot by Christa Faust<\/p>\n

Enemy Combatant by Ed Gaffney<\/p>\n

The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli<\/p>\n

Best Short Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Skinhead Central by T. Jefferson Parker\u00a0 (Winner)<\/p>\n

A Sleep Not Unlike Death by Sean Chercover<\/p>\n

Skin and Bones by David Edgerley Gates<\/p>\n

Scratch a Woman by Laura Lippman<\/a><\/p>\n

La Vie en Rose by Dominique Mainard<\/p>\n

Best Fact Crime:<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Lightning: Terror, Mystery and the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum\u00a0 (Winner)<\/p>\n

For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder That Shocked Chicago by Simon Baatz<\/p>\n

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T.J. English<\/p>\n

The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Hans van Meegeren by Jonathan Lopez<\/p>\n

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale<\/p>\n

Best Critical\/Biographical:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories by Leonard Cassuto<\/p>\n

Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction by David Geherin<\/p>\n

The Rise of True Crime by Jean Murley<\/p>\n

Best Juvenile:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Postcard by Tony Abbott (Winner)<\/p>\n

Enigma: A Magical Mystery by Graeme Base\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff<\/p>\n

The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow by Riford McKenzie<\/p>\n

Cemetery Street by Brenda Seabrooke<\/p>\n

Best Young Adult:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paper Towns by John Green\u00a0 (Winner)<\/p>\n

Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd<\/p>\n

The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo<\/p>\n

Getting the Girl by Susan Juby<\/p>\n

Torn to Pieces by Margot McDonnell<\/p>\n

Best Play:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza, Goodman Theatre, Chicago (Winner)<\/p>\n

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Arizona Theatre Company<\/p>\n

Cell by Judy Klass, International Mystery Writers’ Festival<\/p>\n

Best Television Episode Teleplay:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prayer of the Bone… Patrick Harbinson, Wire in the Blood\u00a0 (Winner)<\/p>\n

Streetwise… Paul Grellong, Law & Order: SVU<\/p>\n

Signature… Judith McCreary, Law & Order: SVU<\/p>\n

You May Now Kill the Bride… Barry O’Brien, CSI: Miami<\/p>\n

Burn Card… Ed Zuckerman & David Wilcox, Law & Order<\/p>\n

Best Motion Picture Screen Play:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Bruges… Martin McDonagh, Focus Features (Winner)<\/p>\n

The Bank Job… Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais, Lionsgate<\/p>\n

Burn After Reading… Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Focus Features<\/p>\n

Tell No One… Guillaume Canet & Phillipe Lefebvre, based on the book by Harlan Coben<\/a>, Music Box Films<\/p>\n

Transsiberian… Brad Anderson & Will Conroy, First Look International<\/p>\n

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buckner’s Error by Joseph Guglielmelli, Queen’s Noir, Akashic Books<\/p>\n

Raven Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe Society, Baltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n

Poe House, Baltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

The Simon & Schuster – Mary Higgins Clark Award:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Killer’s Wife by Bill Floyd (Winner)<\/p>\n

Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton<\/p>\n

Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer<\/p>\n

A Song for You by Betsy Thornton<\/p>\n

The Fault Tree by Louise Ure<\/p>\n

Grand Masters:<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Lee Burke<\/a><\/p>\n

Sue Grafton<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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