{"id":22684,"date":"2015-05-03T08:55:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T13:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=22684"},"modified":"2015-05-03T09:07:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T14:07:34","slug":"2015-agatha-award-winners-for-2014-mystery-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/2015-agatha-award-winners-for-2014-mystery-books\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Agatha Award Winners (presented in 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/teapot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22698 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/teapot-e1430661188935.png\" alt=\"teapot\" width=\"230\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>First of all, <strong>CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE AGATHA AWARD WINNERS AND NOMINEES!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know the title may sound a little confusing with both 2015 and 2014 in it, but that&#8217;s because the Agatha Awards for the mystery books published in 2014 were just announced at the Malice Domestic convention in May 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the <strong>2014 Agatha Award Winners<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary Novel<\/strong>: <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Truth-Be-Told-Ryland-Novel-ebook\/dp\/B00J6TY336\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=&amp;qid=&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Truth Be Told<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Hank-Phillippi-Ryan.html\">Hank Phillippi Ryan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Historical Novel:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Queen-Hearts-Royal-Spyness-Book-ebook\/dp\/B00G3L7X9Q\/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=&amp;qid=&amp;tag=httpwwwmarkes-20\">Queen of Hearts<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Rhys-Bowen.html\">Rhys Bowen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best First Novel:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00I3N5Z4C\/httpwwwmarkes-20\">Well Read, Then Dead<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Terrie-Farley-Moran.html\">Terrie Farley Moran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Children&#8217;s\/Young Adult Novel:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1606844598\/httpwwwmarkes-20\">The Code Buster\u2019s Club, Case #4: The Mummy\u2019s Curse<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Penny-Warner.html\">Penny Warner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Non-Fiction:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00N84NZV6\/httpwwwmarkes-20\">Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer\u2019s Journey<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Hank-Phillippi-Ryan.html\">Hank Phillippi Ryan<\/a>, Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Short Story:\u00a0<em>The Odds are Against Us<\/em> by Art Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lifetime Achievement:\u00a0Lifetime Achievement: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/Sara-Paretsky.html\">Sara Paretsky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, <strong>Congratulations to ALL<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to see some of the past Agatha Award winners and nominees, click on this link to go to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cozy-mystery.com\/mystery-book-awards.html\">Mystery Book Award page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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