Mystery Awards presented in 2001
Mystery Awards presented in 2001
2001 CWA Macallan Daggers: The UK’s leading literary award for crime writing. Winners were announced in London on November 16, 2001.
Macallan Gold Dagger for fiction: Sidetracked by Henning Mankell (The Harvill Press)
Macallan SilverDagger for fiction: Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt (HarperCollins)
Others on the short list:
Dancing with Virgins by Stephen Booth (HarperCollins)
Baby Love by Denise Danks (Orion)
Right as Rain by George P. Pelecanos (Orion)
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips (Picador)Macallan Gold Dagger for non-fiction: The Infiltrators by Philip Etienne and Martin Maynard, with Tony Thompson (Penguin)
Others on the short list:
Maggots, Murder and Men by Dr Zakaria Erzinlioglu (Harley Books)
Patriot Traitors by Adrian Weale (Viking)
Macallan Short Story Dagger: "Prussian Snowdrops" by Marion Arnott (from Crimewave 4)
Others on the short list:
"Leaving Seven Sisters" by Simon Avery (from Crimewave 4)
"The Trebuchet Murder" by Susanna Gregory (from Murder Through the Ages)
"Dark Mirror" by Lauren Henderson (from Murder Through the Ages)
"Miles to go Before I Weep" by Brian Hodge (from Crimewave 4)
2001 Anthony Awards: were presented at the Anthony Awards banquet at Bouchercon 2001 on November 3, 2001 for works published or produced in 2000 (winners are in blue below)
Best Fan Publication:
Mystery News, edited by Lynn Kaczmarek, published by Lynn Kaczmarek & Chris Aldrich
Deadly Pleasures, edited by George Easter
The Drood Review of Mystery, edited by Jim Huang
Murder: Past Tense, edited by Sue Feder
Mystery Readers Journal, edited by Janet Rudolph
Best Novel:
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Deep South by Nevada Barr (Putnam)
The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (Mysterious Press)
Listen to the Silence by Marcia Muller (Mysterious Press)
He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (William Morrow)
Legacy of the Dead by Charles Todd (Bantam Books)
Best First Mystery:
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong (Soho Press)
Black Dog by Stephen Booth (Scribner)
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss (Random House)
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips (Ballantine Books)
Street Level by Bob Truluck (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Run by Douglas E. Winter (Knopf)
Best Paperback Original:
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley (Berkley)
Bad to the Bone by Katy Munger (Avon)
The Floating Lady Murder by Daniel Stashower (Avon)
Killing Kin by Chassie L. West (Avon)
A Little Death by Laura A. Wilson (Bantam)
The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright (Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.)
Best Short Story:
"The Problem of the Potting Shed" by Edward D. Hoch (EQMM, July 2000)
"The Seal of the Confessional" by Rhys Bowen (Unholy Orders)
"Widow's Peak" by Rochelle Krich (Unholy Orders)
"Don't Go Upstairs" by Donald Olson (EQMM, August 2000)
"Missing in Action" by Peter Robinson (EQMM, November 2000)
Best Anthology/Short Story Collection:
Master's Choice, edited by Lawrence Block (Berkley)
Malice Domestic 9, edited by Joan Hess (Avon)
Magnolias and Mayhem, edited by Jeffrey Marks (Overmountain Press/Silver Dagger Mysteries)
Unholy Orders, edited by Serita Stevens (Intrigue Press)
Tales Out of School, edited by Carolyn Wheat (Crippen & Landru)
Best Non-Fiction/Critical Work:
100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century edited by Jim Huang (Crum Creek Press)
The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson (Pocket Books)
Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists by Martha Hailey DuBose (St. Martin's Minotaur)
The American Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman (Crossover Press)
Hard-Boiled: Working Class Readers and Pulp Magazines by Erin A. Smith (Temple University Press)
2001 Macavity Awards: were presented at Bouchercon on November 1, 2001by Mystery Readers International (winners in blue below)
Best Novel:
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon (Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.)
The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (Mysterious Press)
Half Moon Street by Anne Perry (Ballantine)
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard (Pocket Books)
Best First Mystery:
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss (Random House)
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley (Berkley)
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman (Silver Dagger Mysteries)
Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson (Poisoned Pen Press, Berkley Prime Crime)
Best Biographical/Critical:
The American Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman (Crossover Press)
The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Martin Booth (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press/Minotaur)
Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists by Martha Hailey DuBose (St. Martin's Minotaur)
100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century edited by Jim Huang (Crum Creek Press)
Best Mystery Short Story:
"A Candle for Christmas" by Reginald Hill (EQMM, January 2000)
"The Man in the Civil Suit" by Jan Burke (Malice Domestic)
"The Chosen" by Joyce Christmas (Unholy Orders )
2000 Herodotus Awards: were presented by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society on November 1, 2001 at Bouchercon
Best US Historical Novel:
A Dangerous Road by Kris Nelscott (St. Martin's)
Best International Historical Novel:
The Company: The Story of a Murderer by Arabella Edge (Australia, Pan Macmillan)
Best First US Historical Novel:
The Bottoms by Joe Lansdale (Mysterious Press)
Best First International Historical Novel:
Bone House by Betsy Tobin (UK, Headline)
Best Historical Short Story:
"The Man Who Never Was" by Charles Todd (Malice Domestic 9, presented by Joan Hess, Avon Twilight)
Herodotus Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Historical Mysteries:
Lindsey Davis
2001 Barry Awards: were presented by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine on November 1, 2001 at Bouchercon (winners are in blue below)
Don Sandstrom Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom: Marv Lachman
Best Novel:
Deep South by Nevada Barr
Running Blind by Lee Child
Places in the Dark by Thomas H. Cook
Cross Dressing by Bill Fitzhugh
Winter of the Wolf Moon by Steve Hamilton
Unwanted Company by Barbara Seranella
Best First Novel:
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
In Her Defense by Stephen Horn
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
Street Level by Bob Truluck
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
Unwanted Company by Barbara Seranella
Best British Crime Novel:
Black Dog by Stephen Booth
Dark Hollow by John Connolly
The Beach Road by Sarah Diamond
The Certainty of Doing Evil by Colin Falconer
The Reaper by Peter Lovesey
Best Paperback Original:
The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright
Dive Deep and Deadly by Glynn March Alam
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley
Little Mexico by Cathie John
Distemper by Beth Saulnier
2001 Debut Dagger: The winner of the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) award for unpublished writers of crime fiction winner was announced at Dead on Deansgate, October 2001.
Winner: Edward Wright for Clea's Moon
Runner-up: Edwin Thomas for The Blighted Cliffs
Also shortlisted were: Allan Buchan, Robert Cockburn, Ben Creasey, Helen Giltrow, Diane Janes, Jim Latter, Adrian Magson, Gerry Maron, Maureen Myant, Louise Oliver, Amanda Schiff, and Peter Sutton.
2001 CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger: shortlist for the UK’s leading literary award for novelists writing historical crime fiction. Winner (in blue below) was announced at Crime in Store on October 24, 2001
The Office Of The Dead by Andrew Taylor (HarperCollins)
A Cold Touch Of Ice by Michael Pearce (HarperCollins) -- runner-up
Ode To A Banker by Lindsey Davis (Century)
A Distinction Of Blood by Hannah March (Headline)
Last Seen In Massilia by Steven Saylor (Robinson)
Mortal Sins by Penn Williamson (HarperCollins)
2001 CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger: shortlist for the UK’s leading literary award for debuting novelists writing crime fiction. The winner (in blue below) was announced at Dead on Deansgate on October 20, 2001
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones (Picador)
Paradise Salvage by John Fusco (Scribner)
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips (Picador)
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter (Century)
Good Bad Woman by Elizabeth Woodcraft (HarperCollins)
2001 Ned Kelly Awards: presented by the Crime Writers Association of Australia
Best First Novel:
Last Drinks by Andrew McGahn
Best Crime Novel (tie):
Dead Point by Peter Temple
The Second Coming by Andrew Masterson
Best True Crime (Non-Fiction):
Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn
Crime Factory magazine
Readers' Vote:
Bleeding Hearts by Lindy Cameron
Lifetime Achievement
Award:
Professor Stephen Knight
2001 Shamus Awards: originally scheduled to be presented at the Private Eye Writers of America's 20th anniversary banquet winners at Bouchercon on November 1, however that banquest has been cancelled and the winners advised by letter in September 2001. (winners are in blue below)
Best Hardcover Private Eye Novel:
Havana Heat by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (HarperCollins)
A Smile on the Face of the Tiger by Loren D. Estleman (Mysterious Press)
The Deader the Better by G. M. Ford (Avon Twilight)
Ellipsis by Stephen Greenleaf (Scribner)
Listen to the Silence by Marcia Muller (Mysterious Press)
Best First Private Eye Novel:
Street Level by Bob Truluck (St. Martin's Press)
Brigham's Day by John Gates (Walker & Co)
The Heir Hunter by Chris Larsgaard (Delacorte)
Resurrection Angel by William Mize (Writers Club Press)
Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper (Delacorte)
Best Paperback Original Private Eye Novel:
Death in the Steel City by Thomas Lipinski (Avon)
The Blazing Tree by Mary Jo Adamson (NAL/Signet)
The Sporting Club by Sinclair Browning (Bantam)
The Hindenburg Murders by Max Allan Collins (Berkley)
Bad to the Bone by Katy Munger (Avon)
Dirty Money by Steven Womack (Fawcett)
Best Private Eye Short Story:
"The Road's End" by Brendan Dubois (EQMM, April 2000)
"What's in a Name?" by Jeremiah Healy (The Shamus Game, Signet)
"The Sleeping Detective" by Gary Phillips (The Shamus Game, Signet)
"The Big Bite" by Bill Pronzini (The Shamus Game, Signet)
"The Good Daughter" by Mike Wiecek (AHMM, December 2000)
2001 Edgar Allan Poe Awards: The Edgars were presented in New York on May 3, 2001 by the Mystery Writers of America for works published or produced in 2000 (winners are in blue below)
Best Novel:
The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (Mysterious Press)
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (St. Martin's Minotaur)
A Dangerous Road by Kris Nelscott (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard (Pocket Books)
Best First Novel by an American Author:
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss (Random House)
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips (Ballantine Books)
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong (Soho Press)
Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson (Poisoned Pen Press, Berkley Prime Crime)
Raveling by Peter Moore Smith (Little, Brown & Co)
Best Paperback Original:
The Black Maria by Mark Graham (Avon)
Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson (Berkley)
Killing Kin by Chassie West (Avon)
The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright (Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.)
Pursuit and Persuasion by Sally S. Wright (Multnomah)
Best Short Story:
"Missing in Action" by Peter Robinson (EQMM, November 2000)
"Delta Double-Deal" by Noreen Ayres (The Night Awakens, MWA anthology, editor - Mary Higgins Clark; Pocket Books)
"A Candle for Christmas" by Reginald Hill (EQMM, January 2000)
"Twelve of the Little Buggers" by Mat Coward (EQMM, January 2000)
"Spinning" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (EQMM, July 2000)
Grand Master:
Edward D. Hoch
Special Edgar Award for her unique and outstanding contribution to the mystery form:
Mildred Wirt Benson (the original 'Carolyn Keene', author of the Nancy Drew mystery series)
Raven Award:
Tom & Enid Schantz - The Rue Morgue
Barbara Peters - The Poisoned Pen
Ellery Queen Award:
Douglas Greene - Crippen & Landru
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award:
"The Witch and the Relic Thief" by M.J. Jones (AHMM, October 2000)
Best Critical/Biographical Work:
Conundrums for the Long Week-End: England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey by Robert Kuhn McGregor with Ethan Lewis (Kent State University Press)
The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Martin Booth (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press/Minotaur)
Women of Mystery: The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists by Martha Hailey Dubose with additional essays by Margaret Caldwell Thomas (St. Martin's Press/Minotaur)
The Red-Hot Typewriter: The Life and Times of John D. MacDonald by Hugh Merrill (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press/Minotaur)
Best Fact Crime:
Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI, and a Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill (Public Affairs/Perseus Press)
The Seekers: A Bounty Hunter's Story by Joshua Armstrong & Anthony Bruno (HarperCollins)
Portraits of Guilt: The Woman Who Profiles the Faces of America's Deadliest Criminals by Jeanne Boylan (Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster)
Author Unknown: On the Trail of Anonymous by Don Foster (Henry Holt & Co.)
Moonlight: Abraham Lincoln And The Almanac Trial by John Evangelist Walsh (St. Martin's Press)
Best Movie:
Traffic, screenplay by Stephen Gahgen (based on the mini-series, Traffik, by Simon Moore)
Erin Brockovich, screenplay by Susannah Grant
Croupier, screenplay by Paul Mayersberg
Nurse Betty, screenplay by John C. Richards, story by John Richards and James Flamberg
Under Suspicion, screenplay by Tom Provost and W. Peter Ilif (based on the novel Brainwash, by John Wainright and the screenplay, Garde A Vue, by Claude Miller and Jean Herman)
Best Television Episode:
Law & Order: SVU - "Limitations" written by Michael Perry
Law & Order: SVU - "Remorse" written by Michael Perry
Law & Order: "Black, White & Blue" written by Lynne Litt, Richard Sweren and Matt Witten
Law & Order: "Endurance" written by Matt Witten
Best Television Feature/Mini-series:
Dalziell & Pascoe: "On Beulah Height" by Michael Chaplin (based on the novel by Reginald Hill; A&E)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Origins of Sherlock Holmes by David Pirie (PBS/Mystery!)
One Kill by Shelley Evans (CBS Productions for ShowtimeNetwork Inc.)
Touching Evil Series Two, Episodes 1 & 2 by Mike Cullen (PBS/Mystery!)
Trial by Fire by Trevor R. Bowen (based on the novel by Frances Fyfield; PBS/Mystery!)
Best Young Juvenile:
Dovey Coe by Frances O'Rourke Dowell (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
Trouble at Fort La Pointe by Kathleen Ernst (American Girl)
Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Mustache Mary by Wendelin Van Draanen (Knopf)
Walking to the Bus Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
Ghosts in the Gallery by Barbara Brooks Wallace (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
Best Young Adult:
Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin (Harcourt, Inc.)
Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci (Harcourt, Inc.)
Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin (Delacorte Press)
Mary Higgins Clark Award (presented May 2, 2001)
Authorized Personnel Only by Barbara D'Amato (Forge)
Demolition Angel by Robert Crais (Doubleday)
The Debt Collector by Lynn Hightower (Delacorte Press)
False Witness by Lelia Kelly (Kensington)
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult (Pocket Books)
2001 Agatha Awards: presented at Malice Domestic XIII on May 5, 2001 for works published in 2000 (winners are in blue below)
Best Novel:
Storm Track by Margaret Maron (Mysterious Press)
He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters (William Morrow)
The Floating Girl by Sujata Massey (Harper Collins)
Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon (Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.)
Killer Wedding by Jerrilyn Farmer (Avon Press)
Best First Novel:
Death on a Silver Tray by Rosemary Stevens (Berkley Prime Crime)
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley (Berkley Prime Crime)
Death of an Amiable Child by Irene Marcuse (Walker)
Murder of a Small Town Honey by Denise Swanson (Signet)
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman (Silver Dagger Mysteries)
Best Non-fiction:
100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century edited by Jim Huang (Crum Creek Press)
The American Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman (Crossover Press)
The Complete Christie by Matthew Bunson (Pocket)
They Wrote the Book edited by Helen Windrath (Spinsters Ink)
Women of Mystery edited by Martha Dubose (St. Martin's)
Best Short Story:
"The Man in the Civil Suit" by Jan Burke, Malice Domestic 9 (Avon)
"Amish Butter" by Jacqueline Fiedler, Unholy Orders (Intrigue Press)
"Miss Parker & the Cutter-Sanborn Tables" by Gay Toltl Kinman, A Deadly Dozen (Uglytown Press)
"Nothing to Lose" by Robert Barnard, Malice Domestic 9 (Avon)
"The Seal of the Confessional" by Rhys Bowen, Unholy Orders (Intrigue Press)
"Widow's Peak" by Rochelle Krich" Unholy Orders (Intrigue Press)
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement:
Mildred Wirt Benson, original author of the Nancy Drew series
2001 Dilys Award: announced at Left Coast Crime 2001 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association for the book that was the most fun to sell in 2000 (winner is in blue below)
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (St. Martin's/Minotaur)
The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell (Delacorte Press)
The Hearse You Came in On by Tim Cockey (Hyperion)
Demolition Angel by Robert Crais (Doubleday)
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)
2001 LA Times Mystery Book Award: presented at the LA Times Festival of Books on April 28, 2001 (winner is in blue below)
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (St. Martin's/Minotaur)
Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke (Hyperion)
Blood Rain by Michael Dibden (Pantheon Books)
Shame the Devil by George Pelecanos (Little Brown & Co.)
Cold is the Grave by Peter Robinson (William Morrow & Co.)
2001 Arthur Ellis Awards: winners were announced on May 23, 2001by the Crime Writers of Canada for works published in 2000 (winners are in blue below)
Best Novel:
Cold is the Grave by Peter Robinson (Penguin Canada)
Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt (Random House Canada)
One-eyed Jacks by Brad Smith (Doubleday Canada)
The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn by Eric Wright (Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Co.)
Kidnap by L. R. Wright (Doubleday Canada)
Best First Novel:
Hands Like Clouds by Mark Zuehlke (Dundurn Group)
Dying by Degrees by Eileen Coughlin (Ravenstone/Turnstone Press)
If Angels Fall by Rick Mofina (Kensington Publishing Corp.)
To Die in Spring by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (Dundurn Group)
Diamond Dogs by Alan Watt (Little, Brown and Co.)
Best Short Story:
"Murder in Utopia" by Peter Robinson (Crime Through Time III, Berkley Prime Crime)
"The Weeping Time" by Maureen Jennings (Crime Through Time III, Berkley Prime Crime)
"The Collusionists" by Scott Mackay (EQMM, Sept/Oct 2000)
"Murder on the Polar Bear Express" by Peter Sellers (EQMM, Jan 2001 issue, but published in 2000)
"Catabolism" by Edo van Belkom (Felonious Felines, Thorndyke Press/Five Star)
Best Juvenile:
The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones (Groundwood Books)
The Liberty Circle by Phil Campagna (Napoleon Publishing/RendezVous Press)
The Grave by James Heneghan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Stormwarning by Monica Hughes (HarperCollins)
The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton (HarperCollins)
Best True Crime:
The Spinster And The Prophet by A.B. McKillop (Macfarlane Walter & Ross)
No Tears to the Gallows by Mark Johnson (McClelland & Stewart)
Who Killed Ty Conn? by Linden MacIntyre & Theresa Burke (Viking)
Mad Notions by John Lawrence Reynolds (Key Porter)
The Derrick Murdock Award for lifetime achievement or outstanding contribution to the genre was awarded to L. R. (Bunny) Wright, who died earlier in 2001
