And the winner is…
If you haven’t yet heard, last night’s Edgar® Awards were nothing short of thrilling. Although I didn’t have the opportunity to be there in person, many of the participants were live tweeting their antics and posting candid shots of the winners. You can check out the evening’s highlights by searching #Edgars2016 from your Twitter account.
Before I repost the night’s winners, I’d like to send out a special congratulations to Janet Rudolph, Founder of Mystery Readers International (and one heck of a blogger) for her Ellery Queen Award. Ms. Rudolph used to be a mystery instructor here at Berkeley, so we have a special affinity for our hometown gal. Congrats, Janet!
And now for the drumroll, please!
BEST NOVEL
Let Me Die in His Footsteps by Lori Roy (Penguin Random House – Dutton)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Atlantic – Grove Press)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
BEST FACT CRIME
Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully
by Allen Kurzweil (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins Publishers – HarperCollins)
BEST SHORT STORY
“Obits” – Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster – Scribner)
BEST JUVENILE
Footer Davis Probably is Crazy by Susan Vaught
(Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
(HarperCollins Publishers – Katherine Tegen Books)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Gently with the Women” – George Gently, Teleplay by Peter Flannery (Acorn TV)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“Chung Ling Soo’s Greatest Trick” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
by Russell W. Johnson (Dell Magazines)
GRAND MASTER
Walter Mosley
RAVEN AWARDS
Margaret Kinsman Sisters in Crime
ELLERY QUEEN AWARD
Janet Rudolph, Founder of Mystery Readers International
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THE SIMON & SCHUSTER – MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
Little Pretty Things by Lori Rader-Day (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
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