Mystery Awards presented in 2002

 

2002 Nero Wolfe Award: The Wolfe Pack presented the 2002 Nero Wolfe Award, for the novel that best captures the spirit and fairplay aspects of the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout, on Saturday December 7, 2002 to Linda Fairstein for The Deadhouse.

2002 CWA Dagger Awards: The Crime Writers Association has presented the following Dagger Awards at various ceremonies this fall.

Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel: The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Samoza

Silver Dagger for Best Crime Novel: The Final Country by James Crumley

Others on the short list:

Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
Acid Row by Minette Walters

Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction: Dead Man's Wages by Lillian Pizzichini

Others on the short list:

Anthony Blunt, His Lives by Miranda Carter
Town Without Pity by Don Hale (with Marika Huns and Hamish McGregor)

Creasey Memorial Dagger: The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh (for best crime novel by a debuting author)

Others on the short list:

The 25th Hour by David Benioff
The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter
The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn
The Water Clock by Jim Kelly

Short Story Dagger: "Martha Grace" by Stella Duffy (Tart Noir Anthology)

Others on the short list:

"Marbles" by Marion Arnott (Crimewave 6)
"The Plater" by Ann Cleeves (Murder Squad Anthology)
"A Kick in the Lunchbucket" by Sean Doolittle (Crimewave 5)

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger: The Sirius Crossing by John Creed (for best thriller)

Others on the short list:

The Master of Rain by Tom Bradby
Without Fail by Lee Child
Hostage by Robert Crais
Lime's Photograph by Leif Davidsen
The French Executioner by CC Humphreys
Tango One by Stephen Leather

 

Ellis Peters Historical Dagger: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Others on the short list:

The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis
The Pale Companion by Philip Gooden
Dead Man Riding by Gillian Linscott
The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Samoza
The Desperate Remedy by Martin Stephen

The Dagger in the Library: Peter Robinson (for a living author whose work has given most pleasure to readers -- judged by librarians)

Others on the short list:

Stephen Booth
Natasha Cooper/Clare Layton
Liz Evans
Quintin Jardin
Stuart Pawson

Debut Dagger Award: Sugarmilk Falls by Ilona van Mil (UK) (for the best chapter and synopsis of a crime novel by an unpublished author)

The full short list can be found at the CWA web site at http://www.thecwa.co.uk/awards/2002/debut.html

2002 Anthony Awards: The Anthony Awards, which are, like Bouchercon, named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White, who used the Boucher name for his crime fiction and his reviews in The New York Times Book Review) in honor of his contributions to the field of mystery and detective fiction were presented at a banquet at Bouchercon on Saturday, October 19, 2002, in Austin, Texas. (Winners are in blue below)

Best Novel:

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow)

The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan (Bantam)
Flight by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster)
Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Bantam/Delacorte)

Best First Novel:

Open Season by C. J. Box (Putnam)

Austin City Blue by Jan Grape (Five Star Mysteries)
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton (Scribner)
Third Person Singular by K. J. Erickson (St. Martin's)
A Witness Above by Andy Straka (Signet)

Best Paperback Original:

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Ace)

Dead of Winter by P. J. Parrish (Pinnacle)
Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer (Avon)
The Houdini Specter by Daniel Stashower (Avon)
A Kiss Gone Bad by Jeff Abbott (Onyx Books)

Best Short Fiction:

"Chocolate Moose" by Bill & Judy Crider, Death Dines at 8:30 (Berkley)

"Bitter Waters" by Rochelle Krich, Criminal Kabbalah (Jewish Lights Publishing)
"Double-Crossing Delancy" by S. J. Rozan, Mystery Street (Penguin Putnam/Signet)
"My Bonnie Lies…" by Ted Hertel, Jr., Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers (Carroll & Graf)
"Virgo in Sapphires" by Margaret Maron, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (December 2001 issue)

Best Non-fiction/Critical Work:

Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins)

Dashiell Hammett: A Daughters Remembers by Jo Hammett (Carroll & Graf)
The History of Mystery by Max Allen Collins (Collector's Press)
Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of the Screwball Mystery by Jeffrey Marks (Delphi Books)
Writing the Mystery by G. Miki Hayden (Intrigue Press)

Best Young Adult Mystery:

The Mystery of the Haunted Caves by Penny Warner (Meadowbrook Press)

Death on a Sacred Ground by Harriet R. Feder (Lerner)
Ghost Sitter by Peni Griffin (Dutton)
Matthew's Web by Jeri Fink & Donna Paltrowitz (Bookweb Publishing)
The Viking Claw by Michael Dahl (Simon & Schuster)

Best Cover Art:

Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan, cover design by Michael Storrings from a photograph by Josef Beck/FPG (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Chapel Noir by Carole Nelson Douglas, cover art by Glenn Harrington (Forge Books)
Grape Noir by Kit Sloane, cover art by Annie Sperling (Deadly Alibi Press)
The Tainted Snuff Box by Rosemary Stevens, cover art by Teresa Fasolino (Berkley Prime Crime)
Under the Color of Law by Michael McGarrity, cover design by Anthony Ramondo from a photograph by Index Stock Imagery/John Warden (Dutton)

Note -- the nominated covers can be viewed at http://Bouchercon2002.org/anthony1.html

2002 Herodotus Awards: The Herodotus Awards, voted on by the members of The Historical Mystery Appreciation Society, were presented at Bouchercon in October 2002 in Austin.

Lifetime Achievement: Max Allan Collins

Best Historical Mystery Novel: Brothers of Cain by Miriam Grace Monfredo (Berkley)

Best First Historical Mystery Novel: Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen (St Martin's)

Best Historical Short Story: "Kiss of Death" by Max Allan Collins (Kiss of Death, Crippen & Landru)

2002 Barry Awards: The Barry Awards, voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures magazine, were presented at a ceremony during Bouchercon in October 2002 in Austin. (Winners are in blue below)

Best Novel:

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger
Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
Right As Rain by George Pelecanos
Bad News by Donald E. Westlake

Best British Crime Novel:

Dancing with the Virgins by Stephen Booth

Blood Junction by Caroline Carver
The Killing Kind by John Connolly
Dialogues Of The Dead by Reginald Hill
Death In Holy Orders by P.D. James
Killing The Shadows by Val McDermid
The Falls by Ian Rankin

Best First Novel:

Open Season by C.J. Box

Third Person Singular by K.J. Erickson
Chasing The Devil's Tail by David Fulmer
Perhaps She'll Die by M.K. Preston
Blindsighted by Karen Slaughter
Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer

Best Paperback Original:

Killing Gifts by Deborah Woodworth

Rode Hard, Put Away Dead by Sinclair Browning
Death Is A Cabaret by Deborah Morgan
The Fourth Wall by Beth Saulnier
Straw Men by Martin J. Smith

Don Sandstrom Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom: Gary Warren Niebuhr

2002 Macavity Awards: Mystery Readers International presented the Macavity Awards for works published in 2001at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, in October 2002. The Macavity is nominated and voted on by members of Mystery Readers International, the largest reader/fan based organization in the world. (Winners are in blue below)

Best Mystery Novel:
Folly by Laurie R. King (Bantam)
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)
The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein (Scribner)
Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Delacorte)
Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)
Best First Mystery Novel:
Open Season by C. J. Box (G.P. Putnam's)
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton (Scribner)
Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter (Morrow)
Perhaps She'll Die by M.K. Preston (Intrigue)
Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work:
Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional by G. Miki Hayden (Intrigue)
Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins)
The History of Mystery by Max Allan Collins (Collectors Press)
My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet by Michael J. Hayde (Cumberland House)
Who Was that Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball Mystery by Jeffrey Marks (Delphi Books)
Best Mystery Short Story:
"The Abbey Ghosts" by Jan Burke (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, 01/01)
"My Bonnie Lies" by Ted Hertel (The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers)
"Bitter Waters" by Rochelle Krich (Criminal Kabbalah)
"The Would-Be Widower" by Katherine Hall Page (Malice Domestic 10)

2002 Shamus Awards: The Private Eye Writers of America presented the Shamus Awards in October, in Austin, at a 21st anniversary PWA Shamus Award Banquet.(winners are in blue below)

Best First PI Novel:

Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer (Poisoned Pen Press)

Epitaph by James Siegel (Mysterious Press)
Rat City by Curt Colbert (Ugly Town)
A Witness Above by Andy Straka ( Signet)
Pilikia Is My Business by Mark Troy (LTD Books)

Best PI Novel:

Reflecting the Sky by S.J. Rozan (St. Martins)

Angel in Black by Max Allan Collins (NAL)
Ashes of Aries by Martha C. Lawrence (St. Martins)
The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan (Bantam)
Cold Water Burning by John Straley (Bantam)

Best PI Paperback Original:

Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse (Roc)

Ancient Enemy by Robert Westbrook (Signet)
Keepers by Janet LaPierre (Perseverance Press)

Best PI Short Story:

"Rough Justice" by Ceri Jordan (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, 7/01)

"The Jungle" by John Lantigua (And the Dying is Easy)
"Last Kiss" by Tom Sweeney (Mystery Street)
"Golden Retriever" by Barbara Paul (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/01)
"The Cobalt Blues" by Clark Howard (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 9/01)

Friends of PWA Award: Jan Grape

"The Eye" for lifetime achievement: Lawrence Block

2002 Arthur Ellis Award Awards: The Crime Writers of Canada have announced the winners of the Arthur Ellis Awards, which were presented at a banquet in Toronto on June 12, 2002. For more information check out www.crimewriterscanada.com. (winners are in blue below)

Short Story:

"Sign of the Times" by Mary Jane Maffini (in Fit to Die, RendezVous Press)

"Coup de Grace" by Barbara Fradkin (in Iced, Insomniac Press)
"Double Trouble" by Barbara Fradkin (in Fit to Die, RendezVous Press)
"Blind Alley" by Mary Jane Maffini (in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2001)
"Avenging Miriam" by Peter Sellers (in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2001)

Juvenile:

Scared to Death by Norah McClintock (Scholastic Canada)

Seeing Stars by Gary Barwin (Stoddart Kids)
Body, Crime, Suspect by Norah McClintock(Scholastic Canada)
Bone Beds of the Badlands by Shane Peacock (Penguin Canada)

True Crime

The Last Amigo by Stevie Cameron & Harvey Cashore (McClelland & Stewart)
Saboteurs by Andrew Nikiforuk (McClelland & Stewart)

One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the IpperwashCrisis by Peter Edwards (Stoddart)
No Kill No Thrill: The Shocking True Story ofCharles Ng by Darcy Henton & Greg Owens (Red Deer Press)
Free Rider by John Lawrence Reynolds (McArthur & Company)
Quicksand by "Ellen Singer" (HarperCollins Canada)

First Novel:

The Boy Must Die by Jon Redfern (ECW Press)

The Thief-Taker: Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner by T.F. Banks(Delacorte Press)
The Devil in Me by J. David Carpenter (McClelland & Stewart)
Missing: Presumed Dead by James Hawkins (Dundurn Group)
Every Wickedness by Cathy Vasas-Brown, (Doubleday Canada)

Novel:

In the Midnight Hour by Michelle Spring (Ballantine)

The Laughing Falcon by William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart)
Ice Lake by John Farrow (HarperCollins Canada)
Cold Fear by Rick Mofina (Kensington Publishing)
Aftermath by Peter Robinson (McClelland & Stewart)

French-language

Fleur invitait au troisième by Anne-Michèle Lévesque (Vents d'Ouest)

L'Attentat by Michel Auger (Trait d'Union)
La Trajectoire du pion by Michel Jobin (Editions Alire)
Trente-huit morts dont neuf femmes by André Marois (Trait d'Union)
L'Espion du 307 by Louise-Michelle Saurio (Vents d'Ouest)

Derrick Murdoch Awards:

James Dubro - for serving a seven-year term as chair of the Ellis awards
Caro Soles - for giving us Bloody Words, Canada's own mystery conference

2002 Dilys Award: The Dilys Award, named for pioneering mystery bookseller Dilys Winn, is awarded each year by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association to the book the members most enjoyed selling over the past year. The Dilys for books published in 2001 was announced at Left Coast Crime in March 2002. (winner is in blue below)

Mystic River byDennis Lehane (William Morrow & Co.)
The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler (St. Martin's/Minotaur)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Ace Books)
Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger (Pocket Books)
The Reaper by Peter Lovesey (Soho Press)

2002 Lefty Award: The membership of Left Coast Crime 2002 presented the Lefty Award for the most humorous mystery novel published in 2001 in March 2002. (There was a tie - winners are in blue below)

Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer
Fender Benders
by Bill Fitzhugh

Revenge of the Wrought-iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews
Murder Can Upset Your Mother by Selma Eichler
Long Time No See by Susan Issacs

LA Times Book Prizes finalists:The 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were awarded on April 27, 2002. Now in their 22nd year, the prizes acknowledge excellence in nine categories of writing, ranging from fiction and young adult fiction to science and technology and mysteries-thrillers. Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists were selected by eight three-member committees. Each category is judged by three notable writers from the genre...for additional information, click here. (the winner is in blue below)

These are the finalists in the Mystery/Thriller category:

Silent Joe: A Novel by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion).

Open Season: A Joe Pickett Novel by C.J. Box (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Little America: A Novel by Henry Bromell (Alfred A. Knopf)
The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders by Marshall Browne (Thomas Dunne Books)
Chasing the Devil's Tail: A Storyville Mystery by David Fulmer (Poisoned Pen Press)

 

2002 Agatha Awards: Malice Domestic has announced the winners of the 2002 Agatha Awards, honoring the best cozy mysteries published in 2001. Tony Hillerman received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. The awards were presented at the Agatha Awards Banquet on May 4th. Malice attendees registered by January 4th made the nominations; the Agathas were selected at the convention by all convention attendees. (Winners are in blue below)

Best Novel:

Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen (Minotaur Books)

Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler (Berkley Prime Crime)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Ace Books)
The Bride's Kimono by Sujata Massey (HarperCollins)
Shadows of Sin by Rochelle Krich (William Morrow & Co.)

Best First Mystery Novel:

Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer (Dutton)

Innkeeping With Murder by Tim Myers (Berkley Prime Crime)
Mute Witness by Charles O'Brien (Poisoned Pen Press)
A Witness Above by Andy Straka (Signet)
An Affinity For Murder by Anne White (Oak Tree Press)

Nonfiction:

Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins)

The History of Mystery by Max Allan Collins (Collectors Press)
Writing the Mystery by G. Miki Hayden (Intrigue Press)
Who Was That Lady? Craig Rice: The Queen of Screwball Mystery by Jeffrey Marks (Delphi Books)
Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth by The Sisters Wells (iUniverse.com)

Short Story:

"The Would-Be Widower" by Katherine Hall Page, Malice Domestic X, Avon Books

"Bitter Waters" by Rochelle Krich (Criminal Kabbalah, Jewish Lights Publishing)
"Virgo in Sapphires" by Margaret Maron, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2001
"The Peculiar Events on Riverside Drive" by Maan Meyers, Mystery Street, Signet
"Juggernaut" by Nancy Springer, published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June 2001

Best Children's/YA:

The Mystery of the Haunted Caves by Penny Warner (Meadowbook Press)

The Viking Claw by Michael Dahl Pocket Books)
Death on Sacred Ground by Harriet K. Feder (Lerner Publications Co.)
The Mystery of the Octagonal House by Gay Toltl Kinman (RFI West)
Ring Out Wild Bells: A Matty Trescott Novel by Carroll Thomas (Smith & Kraus Books)

2002 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award: The Crime Writers Association has announced that Sara Paretsky is this year's Cartier Diamond Dagger recipient. This annual award,sponsored by Cartier, is given to a writer in recognition for a lifetime's achievement in the genre of crime writing. For this coveted award the CWA selects writers who meet two essential criteria. First, their careers must be marked by sustained excellence, and second, they must have made a significant contribution to crime fiction published in the English language, whether originally or in translation. The award is made purely on merit without reference to age, gender or nationality. Sara Paretsky will receive her award from Cartier and the CWA at a reception at the British Museum on Wednesday, May 8, 2002.

2002 Hammett Award: The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers announced the winner of the Hammett Award on September 27, 2002, during the Mid-Atlantic Mystery convention in Philadelphia. (Winner in blue below)

Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst (Random House)

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Morrow)
Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)
Right as Rain by George P. Pelecanos (Little, Brown)
Hollowpoint by Rob Reuland (Random House)

2002 Edgar Allan Poe Awards: The Mystery Writers of America have announced the winners of the annual Edgar Awards, for works published or produced in 2001.The Edgars were presented at the banquet in New York on Thursday, May 2nd. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners - with special congrats to our contributor, Ted Hertel, who won the Robert L. Fish award for his short story "My Bonnie Lies" which was published in The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers. (Winners are in blue below)

Best Novel:

Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)

The Judgement by D.W. Buffa (Warner Books)
Tell No One by Harlan Coben (Delacorte Press)
Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain (Simon & Schuster)
Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Best First Novel by an American Author:

Line of Vision by David Ellis (Putnam)

Open Season by C. J. Box (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Red Hook by Gabriel Cohen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler (Uglytown)
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton (Scribner)

Best Paperback Original:

Adios Muchachos by Daniel Chavarria (Akashic Books)

Hell's Kitchen by Jeffery Deaver writing as William Jefferies (Pocket Books)
The Mother Tongue by Teri Holbrook (Bantam Books)
Dead of Winter by P.J. Parrish (Pinnacle Books)
Straw Men by Martin J. Smith (Jove Books)

Best Short Story:

"Double-Crossing Delancy" by S. J. Rozan (in Mystery Street, edited by Robert J. Randisi; Signet)

"The Abbey Ghosts" by Jan Burke (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January 2001)
"The Horrible Senseless Murder of Two Elderly Women" by Michael Collins (Fedora)
"If the Glove Fits" by Michael Z. Lewin (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2001)
"Virgo in Sapphires" by Margaret Maron (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2001)

Best Critical/Biographical Work:

Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z by Dawn B. Sova (Checkmark Books)

The History of Mystery by Max Allan Collins (Collectors Press)
Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers by Jo Hammett (Carroll & Graf/Penzler Book)
My Name is Friday by Michael J. Hayde (Cumberland House)
Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett: 1921-1960, edited by Richard Layman with Julie M. Rivett (Counterpoint)
Who Was That Lady? by Jeffrey Marks (Delphi Books)

Best Fact Crime

Son of a Grifter by Kent Walker with Mark Schone (William Morrow)

Leavenwork Train: A Fugitive's Search for Justice in the Vanishing West by Joe Jackson (Carroll & Graf)
The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict in the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case by James Neff (Random House)
Dark Dreams: Sexual Violence, Homocide and the Criminal Mind by Roy Hazelwood and Stephen G. Michaud (St. Martin's)
Base Instincts: What Makes Killers Kill? by Jonathan H. Pincus, M.D. (Norton)

Best Young Adult:

The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books)

Dark Secrets Don't Tell by Elizabeth Chandler (Pocket Books/Archway)
Death on Sacred Ground by Harriet K. Feder (Lerner Publications)
Shades of Simon Gray by Joyce McDonald (Delacorte Press)
Witch Hill by Marcus Sedgwick (Delacorte Press)

Best Juvenile:

Dangling by Lillian Eige (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)

Ghost Soldier by Elaine Marie Alphin (Henry Holt)
Ghost Sitter by Peni R. Griffin (Dutton)
Following Fake Man by Barbara Ware Holmes (Knopf)
Bug Muldoon by Paul Shipton, (Viking)

Best Television Episode:

The Sopranos: "The Pine Barrens", Teleplay by Terence Winter. Story by Tim Van Patten & Terence Winter

Nero Wolfe: "Prisoner's Base Part 2", Teleplay by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin
Law & Order SVU: "Countdown", Teleplay by Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn Denoon
The Practice: "Killing Time", Teleplay by Jonathan Shapiro, Lukas Reiter, Peter Blake & David E. Kelley
NYPD Blue: "Johnny Got His Gold", Teleplay by Nicholas Wootton. Story by Stephen Bochco, Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton

Best Television Feature / Mini-series:

The Sins by William Ivory (BBC America)

Things Behind the Sun by Alison Anders & Kurt Voss (Showtime)
The Killing Yard by Benita Garvin (Showtime)
Final Jeopardy by Adam Greenman (from the novel by Linda Fairstein) (Sanitsky Company)
Steve Martini's The Judge by Christopher Lofton (from the novel by Steve Martini) (Jaffe/Braunstein Films)

Best Mystery Motion Picture:

Memento, Screenplay by Christopher Nolan (Newmarket Films)

The Man Who Wasn't There, Screenplay by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (USA Films)
Gosford Park, Screenplay by Julian Fellowes (USA Films)
Mulholland Drive, Screenplay by David Lynch (Universal Focus)
Series 7: The Contenders, Screenplay by Daniel Minahan (USA Films)

Best Play: No award in this category this year

Grand Master: Robert B. Parker

Ellery Queen Award: (to honor writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery publishing industry)

Janet Hutchings, editor of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and
Cathleen Jordan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (regrettably, Cathleen Jordan died unexpectedly on January 30, 2002 at the age of 60)

Robert L Fish Award: (for the best first short story by an American author)

"My Bonnie Lies" by Ted Hertel (in The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers; Carroll & Graf)

Raven: (for outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing)

Charles Champlin, LA Times critic, and
Anthony Mason & Douglas Smith, CBS Sunday Morning's "Fine Print"

Special Edgar Award:

Blake Edwards

Ellen Nehr Award for Excellence in Mystery Reviewing: The American Crime Writers League (ACWL) announced this year's nominees for the Ellen Nehr Award, which honors reviewers who demonstrate a solid knowledge of the mystery genre and give an unbiased and informed criticism of each work, as well as recognizes reviewers who sign their names to their reviews, allowing both the reader and the author to know the person who is commenting on the work. ACWL presented the award at the Malice Domestic convention in Washington, DC in May.

Katy Munger, Washington Post Book World

Ed Gilbreth, Chicago Sun-Times
Kathy Phillips, The Drood Review

2002 Mary Higgins Clark Award nominees: The Mary Higgins Clark Award is given each year to an author whose work is judged the best of the year in the tradition of eminent suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark. The Award is sponsored by Simon & Schuster, judging is by the Mystery Writers of American, and the award is presented by Mary Higgins Clark. The winner was announced at the May 1, 2002 MWA Agent/Editor gathering that preceded the Edgar Awards Banquet in New York City. (the winner is in blue below)

Summer of Storms by Judith Kelman (Putnam Press)

Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen (Minotaur)
Perhaps She'll Die by M. K. Preston, (Intrigue Press)
Murder of a Sweet Old Lady by Denise Swanson (Signet)

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