CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE NOMINEES AND WINNERS!!!<\/p>\n
The 2009 Agatha Awards<\/strong> were given out at this year’s Malice Domestic convention which took place in the Washington, D.C. area over April 29, 30, and May 1. Remember that although the awards were given in 2010, they are for the preceeding year’s books…<\/p>\n Best Novel: Best First Novel: Best Short Story: Best Non-Fiction: Best Children\/Young Adult: 2010 Lifetime Achievement:\u00a0Mary Higgins Clark<\/a>\u00a0
\nA Brutal Telling by Louise Penny<\/a>\u00a0 (Winner)
\nSwan for the Money by Donna Andrews<\/a>
\nBookplate Special by Lorna Barrett<\/a>
\nRoyal Flush by Rhys Bowen<\/a>
\nAir Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan<\/p>\n
\nThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie<\/a> by Alan Bradley (Winner)
\nFor Better For Murder by Lisa Bork
\nPosed for Murder by Meredith Cole
\nThe Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth Duncan
\nIn the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff<\/p>\n
\nOn the House by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Winner)
\nFemme Sole by Dana Cameron<\/a>
\nHandbaskets, Drawers and a Killer Cold by Kaye George
\nThe Worst Noel by Barb Goffman
\nDeath Will Trim Your Tree by Elizabeth Zelvin<\/p>\n
\nDame Agatha\u2019s Shorts by Elena Santangelo (Winner)
\nDuchess of Death by Richard Hack
\nTalking about Detective Fiction<\/a> by P.D. James
\nBlood on the Stage by 1925-1950 by Amnon Kabatchnik
\nThe Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar<\/p>\n
\nThe Hanging Hill<\/a> by Chris Grabenstein (Winner)
\nThe Morgue and Me by John C. Ford
\nThe Case of the Poisoned Pig by Lewis B. Montgomery
\nThe Other Side of Blue by Valerie O. Patterson
\nThe Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer<\/p>\n
\n2010 Poirot Award: William Link<\/p>\n