{"id":9592,"date":"2012-03-12T05:21:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=9592"},"modified":"2012-03-12T08:09:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T13:09:32","slug":"congratulations-to-all-2011-agatha-award-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/congratulations-to-all-2011-agatha-award-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to All 2011 Agatha Award Nominees!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As some of you might already know, they announced the Nominees for the<\/strong> 2011 Agatha Awards<\/strong>. The Malice Domestic Convention<\/strong> will be April 27-29 in Bethesda, Maryland.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all 2011 Agatha Award Nominees!<\/h2>\n

2011 Agatha Awards Nominees<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Best Novel<\/a><\/strong>:
\nThe Real Macaw by Donna Andrews<\/a>
\nThe Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis<\/a>
\nWicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet<\/a>
\nThree-Day Town by Margaret Maron<\/a>
\nA Trick of the Light by Louise Penny<\/a><\/p>\n

Best First Novel<\/a><\/strong>:
\nDire Threads by Janet Bolin<\/a>
\nChoke by Kaye George
\nLearning to Swim by Sara J. Henry
\nWho Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab
\nTempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Historical Novel<\/a><\/strong>:
\nNaughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen<\/a>
\nMurder Your Darlings by J.J. Murphy<\/a>
\nMercury’s Rise by Ann Parker
\nTroubled Bones by Jeri Westerson
\nA Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Short Story:
\n<\/a><\/strong>“Disarming” by Dana Cameron<\/a>, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine – June 2011
\n“Dead Eye Gravy” by Krista Davis<\/a>, Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology
\n“Palace by the Lake” by Daryl Wood Gerber<\/a>, Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology
\n“Truth and Consequences” by Barb Goffman, Mystery Times Ten
\n“The Itinerary” by Roberta Isleib<\/a>, MWA Presents the Rich and the Dead<\/p>\n

Best Children’s\/Young Adult<\/a><\/strong>:
\nShelter by Harlan Coben<\/a>
\nThe Black Heart Crypt by Chris Grabenstein
\nIcefall by Matthew J. Kirby
\nThe Wizard of Dark Street by Shawn Thomas Odyssey
\nThe Code Busters Club, Case #1: The Secret of the Skeleton Key by Penny Warner<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Non-fiction<\/a><\/strong>:
\nBooks, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure by Leslie Budewitz
\nAgatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks by John Curran
\nOn Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda
\nWilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel by A. B. Emrys
\nThe Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris<\/a><\/p>\n

Lifetime Achievement:<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Simon Brett<\/a><\/p>\n

Poirot Award<\/a><\/strong>: \u00a0Lee Goldberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Amelia Award<\/a><\/strong>: \u00a0Elizabeth Peters<\/a><\/p>\n

Guest of Honor<\/strong>: \u00a0Jan Burke<\/a><\/p>\n

Toastmaster<\/strong>: \u00a0Dana Cameron<\/a><\/p>\n

Malice Remembers<\/strong>: \u00a0Tony Hillerman<\/a><\/p>\n

By the way, the Best Historical Novel<\/strong> (Mystery) is a new Agatha Award category. Must mean that a lot of us are reading (and enjoying) them!<\/p>\n

Wow! What a line-up of wonderful mystery authors! Those of you who are lucky enough to be going to the Malice Domestic Convention<\/strong> this year are sure to have a mysteriously wonderful time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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