Mystery Awards presented in 2003
Mystery Awards presented in 2003
2003 Dagger Awards: The Crime Writers' Association has announced the winners of its 2003 Dagger Awards, which were presented at the CWA 50th Jubilee Dagger Awards Lunch in London on November 13, 2003. (Winners are in blue below).Gold and Silver Daggers for fiction (The winner of the Gold Dagger also receives a cash prize of £3000, of the Silver Dagger £2000.)Gold Dagger: Fox Evil by Minette Walters (Macmillan)
Silver Dagger: Half Broken Things by Morag Joss (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
The Company by Robert Littell (Macmillan)
Almost Blue by Carlo Lucarelli (Harvill)
The Blind Man Of Seville by Robert Wilson (HarperCollins)
Gold Dagger for non-fiction (The winner also receives a cash prize of £2000.)Pointing From The Grave by Samantha Weinberg (Hamish Hamilton)
Wicked Beyond Belief by Michael Bilton (HarperCollins)
Devil In The White City by Erik Larson (Doubleday)
Imprint Of The Raj by Chandak Sengoopta (Macmillan)
Underworld At War by Donald Thomas (John Murray)
Gang War by Peter Walsh (Milo Books)
The CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger (For first books by previously unpublished writers. This award is sponsored by BBC Audio. The winner also receives a cash prize of £1000.)Mission Flats by William Landay (Bantam)
Backlash by Rod Duncan (Pocketbooks)
Dissolution by CJ Sansom(Macmillan)
The CWA Short Story Dagger (The winner also receives a cash prize of £1500.)"Closer To The Flame" by Jerry Sykes
"Dollface" by Marion Arnott
"Doctor's Orders" by Judith Cutler
"Les Inconnus"s by Kate Ellis
"Ester Gordon Framlingham" by Anthony Mann
CWA Dagger in the Library (This award is sponsored by Random House. Nominated and judged by librarians: the dagger is awarded to an author for a body of work, not one single title. The winner also receives a cash prize of £1500.)Stephen Booth
Christopher Brookmyre
Ann Cleeves
Julia Parsons
Mike Ripley
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (For thrillers. This award is sponsored by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. The winner also receives a cash prize of £2000.)The Small Boat of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman (Transworld Bantam)
Persuader by Lee Child (Transworld)
Candlemouth by Roger Jon Ellroy(Orion)
The Nightspinners by Lucretia Grindle (Pan Macmillan)
The Company by Robert Littell (Pan Macmillan)
Empire State by Henry Porter (Orion)
Traitor's Kiss by Gerald Seymour (Transworld Bantam)
The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger (This award is sponsored by the estate of Ellis Peters and her publishers, Headline and Little Brown. The winner was announced at the Savoy on the evening of Wednesday 22 October. The winner also received a cash prize of £3000.)The American Boy by Andrew Taylor (HarperCollins)
The White Russian by Tom Bradby (Bantam Press)
The Advocate by Marcello Fois (Harvill Press)
London Dust by Lee Jackson (Arrow)
Blood on the Wood by Gillian Linscott (Virago)
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom (Macmillan)
The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer (Century)
The CWA Debut Dagger (This award, for unpublished books, was set up to encourage new writers. It is sponsored by Orion and awarded on the basis of one chapter and a synopsis. The winner also receives a cash prize of £250.)Debut Dagger: The Cuckoo by Kirsty Evans
Highly Commended runner-up: Speak Now by Margaret Dumas
The Woman From Smyrna by Duncan Brewer
The Third Room by Sandra Charan
Speak No Evil by Avril Genesen
Without Apparent Reason by Judy Larkin
The Long Train by Peter Wynn Norris
Lunchbox Hero by Bryon Quertermous
Driftlines by Chris Rose
The Mouths of Men by Melissa Kate Rowberry
Soul of the Desert by Maria E. Schneider
The Amazing GM Dog by Michael Shenton
Days of Future Past by Betty Jacque
On the Albino Farm by Otis Twelve
2003 Anthony Awards: The Anthony Awards, which are, like Bouchercon, named for the late Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White, who used theBoucher 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 in Las Vegas on October 19, 2003. (Winners are in blue below).
Best NovelCity of Bones by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Murder in the Sentier by Cara Black (Soho Press)
North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton (St. Martin's)
Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)
Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan (St. Martin's)
Best First NovelIn the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (St. Martin's)
The Devil's Redhead by David Corbett (Ballantine)
An Eye for Murder by Libby Fischer Hellman (Poisoned Pen Press)
Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King (Dutton)
The Distance by Eddie Muller (Scribner)
Best Paperback OriginalFatal Truth by Robin Burcell (Avon)
Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott (Nal/Onyx)
Six Strokes Under by Roberta Isleib (Berkeley Prime Crime)
Paint It Black by P. J. Parrish (Pinnacle/Kensington)
A Killing Sky by Andy Straka (Signet)
Best CriticalThey Died in Vain:Overlooked, Underappreciated And Forgotten Mystery Novels, edited by Jim Huang (Crum Creek Press)
Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction by Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf)
Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel by Jeffrey Marks (Deadly Alibi Press)
Best Short Story"Too Many Cooks" by Marcia Talley (Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry, Berkeley Prime Crime)
"To Live and Die in Midland, Texas" by Clark Howard (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct, 2002)
"Murder in The Land of Wawat" by Lauren Haney (Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, edited by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf)
"Bible Belt" by Toni Kelner (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June, 2002)
"A Man Called Ready" by Bob Truluck (Measures of Poison, edited by Dennis McMillan, Dennis McMillan Publications)
Best Cover ArtMeasures of Poison, edited by Dennis McMillan (Dennis McMillan Publications), Jacket Design by Michael Kellner
Murder in The Sentier by Cara Black (Soho Press), Jacket Design by Cheryl L. Cipriani
The Terra-Cotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri (Viking), Jacket Design by Paul Buckley
The Eye of Cybele by Daniel Chavarria (Akashic Books), Painting by Jennifer Harris, Jacket Design by Melissa Farris
Paradise Salvage by John Fusco (Overlook Press), Jacket Photograph by Larry Rostant
Best P.I. NovelBlackwater Sound by James W. Hall (St. Martin's)
North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton (St. Martin's)
The Last Place by Laura Lippman (Harpercollins)
Hell to Pay by George P. Pelecanos (Little Brown)
Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan (St. Martin's)
Best First P.I. NovelThe Distance by Eddie Muller (Scribner)
Westerfield's Chain by Jack Clark (St. Martin's)
The Bone Orchard by D. Daniel Judson (Bantam)
Open And Shut by David Rosenfeld (Mysterious Press)
Private Heat by Robert Bailey (M. Evans)
Best Paperback Original P.I. NovelThe Poisoned Rose by D. Daniel Judson (Bantam)
Cash Out by Paul Boray (Nal)
Juicy Watusi by Richard Helms (Back Alley Books)
The Lusitania Murders by Max Allan Collins (Berkley Prime Crime)
Paint it Black by P. J. Parish (Kensington)
Best P.I. Short Story"The Second Coming" by Terence Faherty (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2002
"Setting up the Kill" by J. Michael Blue (Hand Held Crime, Summer 2002)
"Aftermath" by Jeremiah Healy (Most Wanted, edited by Robert J. Randisi; Nal)
"Second Story Sunlight" by John Lutz (Most Wanted, edited by Robert J. Randisi; Nal)
"The Jewels of Atlantis" by James Powell (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2002)
The Eye, the PWA's award for lifetime achievement, was presented to Sue Grafton
Best Mystery Novel
Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Nine by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster)
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews (Harper Collins)
City of Bones by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
Best First Mystery Novel
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (St. Martin's Minotaur)
A Valley To Die For by Radine Trees Nehring (St. Kitts Press)
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King (Dutton)
The Distance by Eddie Muller (Scribner)
Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work
They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels edited by Jim Huang (Crum Creek Press)
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Crime Fiction edited by Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf)
The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir by Eddie Muller (Overlook Press)
Intent to Sell: Marketing the Genre Novel by Jeff Marks (Deadly Alibi Press)
Best Mystery Short Story
"Voice Mail" by Janet Dawson (Scam and Eggs, Five Star)
"Boot Scoot" by Diana Deverell (AHMM, October 2002)
"The Adventure of the Rara Avis" by Carolyn Wheat (Murder, My Dear Watson, Carroll & Graf)
"An Empire's Reach" by Brendan DuBois (AHMM, Nov 2002)
"Too Many Cooks" by Marcia Talley (Much Ado About Murder, Berkley Prime Crime)
"Bible Belt" by Toni L.P. Kelner (EQMM, June 2002)
Best NovelCity of Bones by Michael Connelly
Without Fail by Lee Child
The Hearse Case Scenario by Tim Cockey
North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton
Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos
Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan
Best First NovelIn the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
The Devil's Redhead by David Corbett
Not All Tarts are Apple by Pip Granger
The Blue Edge Of Midnight by Jonathon King
The Distance by Eddie Muller
Buck Fever by Ben Rehder
Best British NovelThe White Road by John Connolly
Scaredy Cat by Mark Billingham
The Master of Rain by Tom Bradby
The Business of Dying by Simon Kernick
Diamond Dust by Peter Lovesey
The Yeare's Midnight by Ed O'connor
Best Paperback OriginalCold Silence by Danielle Girard
Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott
Fatal Truth by Robin Burcell
The Bone Orchard by D. Daniel Judson
Prison Blues by Anna Salter
Pipsqueak by Brian Wiprud
Don Sandstrom Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Mystery Fandom: Maggie Mary Mason
Best Short StoryBottom Walker by James Powell, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (May 2002)Best NonfictionCovert Entry by Andrew Mitrovica, (Random House Canada)Best JuvenileBreak and Enter by Norah McClintock, (Scholastic Canada)Best Crime Writing in FrenchLe rouge ideal by Jacques Côté,(Alire)Best First NovelMidnight Cab by James W. Nichol, (Knopf Canada)Best NovelBlood of Others by Rick Mofina, (Kensington Publishing)Derrick Murdoch Award (presented by the CWC president to a person who has contributed a great deal either to the CWC or to Canadian crime writing as a whole)Margaret Cannon, with thanks for many years of reviewing and highlighting Canadian crime writing
Hell to Pay by George P. Pelecanos (Little Brown & Company)The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter (Alfred A. Knopf)
Living Dead Girl by Tod Goldberg (Soho Press)
One Step Behind by Henning Mankell [translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg] (The New Press)
Reversible Errors by Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
For a complete list of the nominees in all categories, click here.
2003 Hammett Award Winner: The North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers awarded the annual Hammett Prize for a work of literary excellence in the field of crime writing by a US or Canadian author on June 14, 2003 at the Bloody Words mystery convention in Ottawa. (winner in blue below)
Honor's Kingdom by Owen Parry (Morrow)
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
The Eighth Day by John Case (Ballantine)
Flykiller by J. Robert Janes (McArthur/Orion)
Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley (Little, Brown)
2003 Agatha Award Winners: Malice Domestic has announced the winners of this year's Agatha Awards, which honor traditional mysteries - books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The genre is loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore, or gratuitous violence; usually featuring an amateur detective, a confined setting and characters who know one another. The Agatha Awards were presented at the Malice Domestic banquet on May 3, 2003 in Arlington, VA. (Winners are in blue below)
Best Novel
You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews, Berkley Prime Crime
Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen, St. Martin's Minotaur
Blues in the Night by Rochelle Krich, Ballantine Books
The Body in the Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page, William Morrow & Company
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters, William Morrow & Company
Best First Novel
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming, St, Martin's Minotaur
Not All Tarts Are Apple by Pip Granger, Poisoned Pen Press
Six Strokes Under by Roberta Isleib, Berkley Prime Crime
Beat Until Stiff by Claire M. Johnson, Poisoned Pen Press
How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin, Signet
Shadows at the Fair by Lea Wait, Scribner
Best Non-Fiction
They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels, edited by Jim Huang, Crum Creek Press
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction, edited by Mike Ashley, Avalon Publishing Group
Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, edited by Colleen Barnett, Poisoned Pen Press
Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir by Mary Higgins Clark, Simon and Schuster
Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Sue Grafton with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman, Writer's Digest Press
Best Short Story
The Dog That Didn't Bark by Margaret Maron, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (December 2002)
Too Many Cooks by Marcia Talley, Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime
Dognapped by Robert Barnard, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (June 2002)
Devotion by Jan Burke, 18, A.S.A.P. Publishing
What He Needed by Laura Lippman, Tart Noir, edited by Stella Duffy & Lauren Henderson, Berkley Prime Crime
Best Children's/Young Adult
Red Card: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery by Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot, Top Publications
Whistler in the Dark by Kathleen Ernst, Pleasant Company Publications
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf
The Secret of the Red Flame by K. M. Kimball, Aladdin Library
The Maltese Kitten: A Sam The Cat Mystery by Linda Stewart, Cheshire House Books
Congrats to all the winners and nominees and in particular, special congrats and thanks to Jim Huang for They Died in Vain, which contains my essay on Walter Satterthwait's Wilde West.2003 Edgar Awards: The Mystery Writers of America have announced the winners of the annual Edgar Awards, for works published or produced in 2002.The Edgars were presented at a gala banquet in New York on Thursday, May 1, 2003. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners. (Winners are in blue below)
Best Novel
Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews (HarperCollins)
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
City of Bones by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
No Good Deed by Manda Scott (Bantam)
Best First Novel by an American Author
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King (Dutton
Southern Latitudes by Stephen J. Clark (Penguin Putnam)
High Wire by Kam Majd (Random House)
Buck Fever by Ben Rehder (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt (Mysterious Press)
Best Paperback Original
Out of Sight by T.J. MacGregor (Pinnacle)
Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott (NAL-Onyx)
The Night Watcher by John Lutz (Pinnacle)
Trauma by Graham Masterton (NAL-Signet)
Prison Blues by Anna Salter (Pocket Books)
Best Critical/Biographical
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction by Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf)
The Classic Era of Crime Fiction by Peter Haining (Chicago Review Press)
Crime Films by Thomas Leitch (Cambridge University Press)
The Art of Noir by Eddie Muller (Overlook Press)
Best Fact Crime
Fire Lover by Joseph Wambaugh (Morrow)
Blood & Ink: An International Guide to Fact-Based Crime Literature by Albert Borowitz (Kent State University Press
Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire by Rick Cowan and Douglas Century (Putnam)
Death at the Priory: Sex, Love and Murder in Victorian England by James Ruddick (Grove/Atlantic)
The Count and the Confession by John Taylor (Random House)
Best Short Story
"Mexican Gatsby" by Raymond Steiber (EQMM/March)
"The Murder Ballads" by Doug Allyn (EQMM/March)
"To Live and Die in Midland, Texas" by Clark Howard (EQMM/Sept-October)
"Rumpole and the Primrose Path" by John Mortimer (The Strand)
"Angel of Wrath" by Joyce Carol Oates (EQMM/June)
Best Young Adult
The Wessex Papers, Vols. 1-3 by Daniel Parker (Avon)
Cheating Lessons by Nan Willard Cappo (Atheneum)
Safe House by Jenny Carroll (Simon & Schuster)
Hit and Run by Mark Delaney (Peachtree)
The Night the Penningtons Vanished by Marianna Heusler (Larcom Press)
Best Juvenile
Harriet Spies Again by Helen Ericson (Random House/Delacorte Press)
O'Dwyer & Grady: Starring in Acting Innocent by Eileen Heyes (Simon & Schuster/Alladin Paperbacks)
The Case of the Greedy Granny: Jake Gander, Storyville Detective by George McClements (Hyperion)
Riding the Flume by Patricia Curtis Pfitsch (Simon & Schuster BFYR)
Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eye by Wendelin Van Draanen (Random House/Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Best Teleision Episode Teleplay
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: "Waste", Teleplay by Dawn DeNoon and Lisa Marie Petersen
Monk: "Mr. Monk Takes A Vacation", Teleplay by Hy Conrad
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "Tuxedo Hill", Teleplay by Rene Balcer
The Wire: "The Target", Teleplay by David Simon. Story by David Simon and Ed Burns
NYPD Blue: "Ho Down", Teleplay by Nicholas Wootton and Bill Clark
Best Motion Picture Screenplay
Chicago by Bill Condon (Miramax Films)
Gangs of New York, Screenplay by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks (Miramax Films)
Catch Me If You Can by Jeff Nathanson (Dreamworks Pictures)
Insomnia by Hilary Seitz (Warner Bros.)
Road to Perdition, Screenplay by David Self, based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner (Dreamworks Pictures)
Best Play
Easy by Philip DePoy (Horizon Theatre)
The West End Horror by Anthony Dodge & Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Bay Street Theatre)
The Chronology Protection Case by Mark Shanahan, Paul Levinson and Jay Kensinger, from the story by Paul Levinson (Stage Shadows Productions, Inc.)
Monster by Derek Nguyen (East-West Players)
The Simon & Schuster - Mary Higgins Clark Award
Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors (Scribner)
The Stone Forest by Karen Harper (MIRA Books)
The Truth Hurts by Nancy Pickard (Simon & Schuster/Atria Books)
The Bad Witness by Laura Van Wormer (MIRA Books)
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
"War Can Be Murder" by Mike Doogan (Mysterious North Anthology)
Grand Master
Ira Levin
Raven
Otto Penzler, owner of Mysterious Bookshop, New York
Poe Museum, Richmond Virginia
Ed & Pat Thomas, owners of Book Carnival Bookstore
Ellery Queen Award
Ed Gorman
Special Edgar Award
Dick Wolf, creator of Law & Order
2003 Dilys Award: The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association announced the winner of the 2003 Dilys Award, named in honor of Dilys Winn, founder of the first bookshop devoted to mysteries. The award recognizes the books chosen by the more than 60 IMBA members as the ones they most enjoyed selling throughout the year. The winner was announced at Left Coast Crime in Pasadena on February 28,2003
In The Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (St. Martin's)
You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews (Berkley Prime Crime)
Without Fail by Lee Child (Putnam)
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Viking)
Hell To Pay by George Pelacanos (Little, Brown)
2003 Lefty and Arty Awards: The Left Coast Crime 13 committee announced the winners of the 2003 Lefty and Arty Awards on February 28, 2003.There was a tie for the Lefty, presented for the most humorous mystery novels published in the U.S. in 2002, while the Arty was presented for the best cover art on a humorous mystery novel published in the U.S. in 2002.The winners are in blue below.
Lefty Award:
The Hearse Case Scenario by Tim Cockey
Pipsqueak by Brian Wiprud
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
This Pen for Hire byLaura Levine
The Rival Queens byFidelis Morgan
Buck Fever by Ben Rehder
Arty Award:
Buck Fever - jacket art designed by David Baldeosingh Rotstein (author: Ben Rehder)
Chopping Spree - jacket iIllustration and design by Jamie S. Warren Youll (author: Diane Mott Davidson)
Faking It - jacket design by Anne Twomey; jacket photography by Herman Estevez. (author: Jennifer Crusie)
Home Sweet Homicide - cover art by Rob Pudim (author: Craig Rice)
Posted to Death - cover art by Matthew McFarren; cover design by Louis Malcangi. (author: Dean James)
You can see the nominated covers at this link
2003 Cartier Diamond Dagger Award: The Crime Writers Association has announced that that Robert Barnard is the winner of next year's Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, presented for a lifetime of achievement, marking a career of nearly 30 years in crime writing, in which he has written around 40 books and won several awards on both sides of the Atlantic. The award is sponsored by Cartier. The Diamond Dagger will be presented to Robert Barnard at the British Museum on 7 May, 2003.
