Edgar Nominees Announced

Each year, the Mystery Writers of America hold the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, celebrating the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, and film from the previous publishing year. On Friday, the group announced their 2009 nominees.

Best Novel Nominees

  • Missing by Karin Alvtegen (Felony & Mayhem Press)
  • Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
  • Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)
  • The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes (HarperCollins – William Morrow)
  • The Night Following by Morag Joss (Random House – Delacorte Press)
  • Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Simon & Schuster)
Best First Novel by an American Author
  • The Kind One by Tom Epperson (Five Star, div of Cengage)
  • Sweetsmoke by David Fuller (Hyperion)
  • The Foreigner by Francie Lin (Picador)
  • Calumet City by Charlie Newton (Simon & Schuster - Touchstone)
  • A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock (Random House - Doubleday)

Best Paperback Original

  • The Prince of Bagram Prison by Alex Carr (Random House Trade)
  • Money Shot by Christa Faust (Hard Case Crime)
  • Enemy Combatant by Ed Gaffney (Random House - Dell)
  • China Lake by Meg Gardiner (New American Library – Obsidian Mysteries)
  • The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli (Random House - Bantam)

Best Critical/Biographical

  • African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey (McFarland & Company)
  • Hard-Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories by Leonard Cassuto (Columbia University Press)
  • Scene of the Crime: The Importance of Place in Crime and Mystery Fiction by David Geherin (McFarland & Company)
  • The Rise of True Crime by Jean Murley (Greenwood Publishing – Praeger)
  • Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee Poe (Sterling Publishing – Metro Books)

There are several other categories, all of which can be viewed at The Edgars website.

The winners will be announced on April 30 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. James Lee Burke and the awesome Sue Grafton will be Grand Masters of the ceremony.

 

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January 19, 2009 | Filed Under Eyes on the Prize 

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