{"id":35396,"date":"2018-05-10T09:58:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T14:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=35396"},"modified":"2018-05-10T04:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T09:11:53","slug":"2017-agatha-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/2017-agatha-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Agatha Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just last month, mystery book lovers found out who wrote books during 2017 that other mystery lovers thought deserved special recognition. I have just updated all of the Agatha Award <\/strong>pages as well as the Edgar Allan Poe Award<\/strong> pages on the Cozy Mystery site.<\/p>\n

It’s such an honor for those mystery authors who were nominated by other mystery readers, and of course, a great honor for those who won in their categories. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL NOMINEES AND WINNERS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m going to start off by writing about the Agatha Awards<\/strong>, since those are specifically given for the Cozy Mystery genre. I will be posting the Edgar Awards in a later blog entry, but if you absolutely cannot wait to see them, feel free to visit my site and click on their corresponding pages! (Here’s the Mystery Book Awards page on my site<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Although these Agatha Awards were given this year, they are for mystery books that were published in 2017. They were awarded on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the Malice Domestic Convention<\/strong>, which took place in Bethesda, Maryland.<\/p>\n

Again, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017 Agatha Awards<\/h4>\n

<\/a>\"\"Best Contemporary Novel<\/strong>
\n2017:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Glass Houses<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Louise Penny<\/a>\u00a0(Winner)
\nDeath Overdue<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Allison Brook<\/a>
\nA Cajun Christmas Killing<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Ellen Byron<\/a>
\nNo Way Home<\/a>\u00a0by Annette Dashofy
\nTake Out<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Margaret Maron<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Best First Novel<\/strong>
\n2017:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Hollywood Homicide<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Kellye Garrett<\/a>\u00a0(Winner)
\nAdrift<\/a>\u00a0by Micki Browning
\nThe Plot Is Murder<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0V.M. Burns<\/a>
\nDaughters of Bad Men<\/a>\u00a0by Laura Oles
\nProtocol<\/a>\u00a0by Kathleen Valenti<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Best Historical Novel<\/strong>
\n2017:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0In Farleigh Field<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Rhys Bowen<\/a>\u00a0(Winner)
\nMurder in an English Village<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Jessica Ellicott<\/a>
\nCalled to Justice<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Edith Maxwell<\/a>
\nThe Paris Spy<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Susan Elia MacNeal<\/a>
\nDangerous to Know<\/a>\u00a0by Renee Patrick<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Best Short Story<\/strong>
\n2017:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cThe Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn<\/a>\u201d by\u00a0Gigi Pandian<\/a>(Winner)
\n\u201cDouble Deck the Halls\u201d by\u00a0Gretchen Archer<\/a>
\n\u201cWhose Wine Is it Anyway\u201d by Barb Goffman
\n\u201cThe Night They Burned Miss Dixie\u2019s Place\u201d by\u00a0Debra Goldstein<\/a>
\n\u201cA Necessary Ingredient\u201d by Art Taylor<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Best Children\u2019s\/Young Adult<\/strong>
\n2017:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Sydney Mackenzie Knocks \u2018Em Dead<\/a>\u00a0by Cindy Callaghan (Winner)
\nCity of Angels by Kristi Belcamino
\nThe World\u2019s Greatest Detective by Caroline Carlson
\nAudacity Jones Steals the Show by Kirby Larson
\nThe Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Best Nonfiction<\/strong>
\n2017:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon<\/a>\u00a0by Mattias Bostr\u00f6m (Winner)
\nThe Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards
\nAmerican Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
\nRewrite Your Life: Discover Your Truth Through the Healing Power of Fiction<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Jess Lourey<\/a>
\nManderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier by Tatiana de Rosnay<\/p>\n

2017:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient<\/strong>:\u00a0Parnell Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. If you want to take a look at the winners from past years, be sure to click on the links on my Mystery Book Awards page<\/a>. I bet you will recognize a lot of the past winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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