{"id":28945,"date":"2016-05-03T10:04:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=28945"},"modified":"2017-08-01T11:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T16:58:18","slug":"2015-agatha-awards-presented-in-2016-2016-edgar-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/2015-agatha-awards-presented-in-2016-2016-edgar-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Agatha Awards (Presented in 2016) & 2016 Edgar Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Before I go one word further, I want to extend my congratulations to ALL the nominees and winners<\/strong> of both of the Agatha Awards and the Edgar Awards!<\/strong><\/p>\n

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!<\/h4>\n

Wow! Last week was a great week for mystery readers everywhere. Both the Malice Domestic and the Mystery Writers of America held their annual conventions! I’m most interested in the Malice Domestic convention, simply because these are the mystery awards that are closest to what we know as Cozy Mysteries.\u00a0As I have mentioned many times before, there is a reason the Agatha Awards have that name. They are the mystery books that are the closest to what Agatha Christie wrote for us. No graphic violence, sex, language >>> pretty much >>> Cozies! However, both awards are very important to us as mystery lovers.<\/p>\n

AGATHA AWARDS MALICE DOMESTIC AWARDS<\/strong>
\n2016: Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Katherine Hall Page<\/a> *** How neat is this!<\/p>\n

AGATHA AWARDS BEST NOVEL<\/strong>
\n2015: Long Upon the Land<\/a> by Margaret Maron<\/a>\u00a0(Winner)
\nBridges Burned by Annette Dashofy
\nThe Child Garden by Catriona McPherson <\/a>
\nThe Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny<\/a>
\nWhat You See by Hank Phillipi Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n

AGATHA AWARDS BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL<\/strong>
\n2015: Dreaming Spies<\/a> by Laurie R. King<\/a> (Winner)
\nMalice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen<\/a>
\nThe Masque of a Murderer by Susanna Calkins<\/a>
\nMrs. Roosevelt\u2019s Confidante by Susan Elia MacNeal<\/a>
\nMurder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n

AGATHA AWARDS BEST FIRST NOVELS<\/strong>
\n2015: On the Road with Del and Louise<\/a> by Art Taylor (Winner)
\nDeath of a Dishonorable Gentleman by Tessa Arlen<\/a>
\nMacdeath by Cindy Brown
\nPlantation Shudders by Ellen Byron<\/a>
\nJust Killing Time by Julianne Holmes<\/a><\/p>\n

AGATHA AWARDS BEST SHORT STORY<\/strong>
\n2015: A Year Without Santa Claus by Barb Goffman (Winner)
\nA Questionable Death by Edith Maxwell<\/a>
\nA Killing at the Beausoleil by Terrie Farley Moran<\/a>
\nSuffer the Poor by Harriette Sackler
\nA Joy Forever by B.K. Stevens<\/p>\n

AGATHA AWARDS BEST CHILDREN\/YOUNG ADULT<\/strong>
\n2015: Andi Unstoppable<\/a> by Amanda Flower<\/a>\u00a0(Winner)
\nPieces and Players by Blue Balliett
\nNeed by Joelle Charbonneau<\/a>
\nWoof by Spencer Quinn<\/a>
\nFighting Chance: A Martial Arts Mystery by B.K. Stevens<\/p>\n

AGATHA AWARDS BEST NON-FICTION<\/strong>
\nThe Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story<\/a> by Martin Edwards (Winner)
\nThe Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes by Zack Dundas
\nA is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
\nUnsolved Murders and Disappearances in Northeast Ohio by Jane Ann Turzillo
\nThe Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For by Kate White, editor<\/p>\n

***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD GRAND MASTER
\n2016: Walter Mosley<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS BEST NOVEL<\/a>
\n2016: Let Me Die in His Footsteps<\/a> by Lori Roy (Winner)<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST FIRST NOVEL<\/a>
\n2016: The Sympathizer<\/a> by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Winner)<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL<\/a>
\n2016: The Long and Faraway Gone<\/a> by Lou Berney (Winner)<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST SHORT STORY<\/a>
\n2016: Obits<\/a> by Stephen King (Winner) found in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST FACT CRIME<\/a>
\n2016: Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully<\/a> by Allen Kurzweil (Winner)<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST CRITICAL\/BIOGRAPHICAL WORK<\/a>
\n2016: The Golden Age of Murder<\/a> by Martin Edwards (Winner)<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST JUVENILE<\/a>
\n2016: Footer Davis Probably is Crazy<\/a> by Susan Vaught (Winner)<\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST YOUNG ADULT<\/a>
\n2016: A Madness So Discreet<\/a> by Mindy McGinnis (Winner)<\/p>\n

MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD<\/a>
\n2016: Little Pretty Things<\/a> by Lori Rader-Day (Winner)
\nA Woman Unknown by Frances Brody<\/a>
\nThe Masque of a Murderer by Susanna Calkins<\/a>
\nNight Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron<\/a>
\nThe Child Garden by Catriona McPherson<\/a><\/p>\n

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST EPISODE OF A TV SERIES<\/a>
\n2016: Gently with the Women by Peter Flannery, George Gently (Winner)<\/p>\n

Again, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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