2006 Edgar Allan Poe Awards

The Edgar Allan Poe awards honors the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, tv, and film either published or produced in the preceding year. This year the 60th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards were presented at the Gala Banquet on April 27, 2006 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

The Mystery Writers of America issue the Edgar Allan Poe Awards each year. This year the winners were selected from a list of 67 of the world’s most recognized and respected writers of the genre. Entries of over 1,000 books, 500 short stories, and innumerable tv shows were judged by a judges panel of 68. The Edgar awards were named from the Mystery Writers of America’s patron saint of Edgar Allan Poe, whom many consider the best mystery writer known.

The award given out at the ceremony, “Edgars”, reflects accomplishment to the top writers in their field. The event saw Court TV host Catherine Crier, Janet Evanovich, Mary Higgins Clark, Richard Russo, and Josh Olson in attendance, just to name a few. Currently the Mystery Writers of America has a membership of well over 3,000 writers.

For more information about the Mystery Writers Association of America:
Mystery Writers of America
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New York NY 10017
http://www.mysterywriters.org/

Nominees of the 60th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Best Novel
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook (Harcourt)
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine Books)
Drama City by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter (Regan Books)

Best First Novel By An American Author
Die A Little by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Immoral by Brian Freeman (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
Run the Risk by Scott Frost (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Hide Your Eyes by Alison Gaylin (Signet)
Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel (St. Martin’s Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original
Homicide My Own by Anne Argula (Pleasure Boat Studio)
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman (Penguin – Plume)
Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford (Dark Alley)
Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie (Hard Case Crime)
Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston (Ballantine Books)

Best Critical/Biographical
Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock ’em Dead with Style by Hallie Ephron (Writer’s Digest Books)
Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed by Stuart Kaminsky, photos by Laurie Roberts (Hot House Press)
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels edited by Leslie S. Klinger (W.W. Norton)
Discovering the Maltese Falcon and Sam Spade: The Evolution of Dashiell Hammett’s Masterpiece, Including John Huston’s Movie with Humphrey Bogart edited by Richard Layman (Vince Emery Productions)
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak (Harcourt)

Best Fact Crime
Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece by Edward Dolnick (HarperCollins)
The Elements of Murder: The History of Poison by John Emsley (Oxford University Press)
Written in Blood by Diane Fanning (St. Martin’s True Crime)
True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel (HarperCollins)
Desire Street: A True Story of Death and Deliverance in New Orleans by Jed Horne (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Best Short Story
“Born Bad” – Dangerous Women by Jeffery Deaver (Mysterious Press)
“The Catch” – Greatest Hits by James W. Hall (Carroll & Graf)
“Her Lord and Master” – Dangerous Women by Andrew Klavan (Mysterious Press)
“Misdirection” – Greatest Hits by Barbara Seranella (Carroll & Graf)
“Welcome to Monroe” – A Kudzu Christmas by Daniel Wallace (River City Publishing)

Best Young Adult
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams (HarperCollins – Laura Geringer Books)
Last Shot by John Feinstein (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
Quid Pro Quo by Vicki Grant (Orca Book Publishers)
Young Bond, Book One: Silverfin by Charlie Higson (Hyperion/Miramax Books)
Spy Goddess, Book One: Live & Let Shop by Michael Spradlin (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Best Juvenile
Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
Wright & Wong: The Case of the Nana-Napper by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz (Penguin Young Readers – Sleuth/Razorbill)
The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice (Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers)
Flush by Carl Hiassen (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
The Boys of San Joaquin by D. James Smith (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)

Best Play
River’s End by Cheryl Coons (Book and Lyrics), Chuck Larkin (Music) (Marin Theatre Company)
Safe House by Paul Leeper (Tennessee Stage Company)
Matter of Intent by Gary Earl Ross (Theater Loft)
Mating Dance of the Werewolf by Mark Stein (Rubicon Theatre)

Best Television Episode Teleplay
CSI – “A Bullet Runs Through It, Parts 1 and 2” Teleplay by Richard Catalani & Carol Mendelsohn
CSI – “Grave Danger” Teleplay by Anthony Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar. Story by Quentin Tarantino
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – “911” Teleplay by Patrick Harbinson
Sea of Souls – “Amulet” Teleplay by Ed Whitmore
Wire in the Blood – “Redemption” Teleplay by Guy Burt

Best Motion Picture Screen Play
Crash – Story by Paul Haggis; Screenplay by Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (Lions Gate Films)
A History of Violence – Screenplay by Josh Olson, based on the Graphic Novel by John Wagner & Vince Locke (New Line Productions)
The Ice Harvest – Screenplay by Richard Russo & Robert Benton, based on the Novel by Scott Phillips (Focus Features)
Match Point – Screenplay by Woody Allen (BBC)
Syriana – Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan, based on the book by Robert Baer (Warner Brothers)

Robert L. Fish Memorial Award
Eddie Newton “Home” – EQMM May 2005 (Dell Magazine)

Grand Master
Stuart Kaminsky

Ellery Queen
Brian Skupin and Kate Stine, Co-Publishers of Mystery Scene Magazine

Raven
Black Orchid Bookshop (Bonnie Claeson & Joe Guglielmelli, owners)
Men of Mystery Conference (Joan Hansen, creator)

The Simon & Schuster – Mary Higgins Clark Award
Breaking Faith by Jo Bannister (Allison & Busby Ltd.)
Dark Angel by Karen Harper (MIRA Books)
Shadow Valley by Gwen Hunter (MIRA Books)

Winners of the 60th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards

BEST NOVEL
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter (Regan Books)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel (St. Martin’s Minotaur)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford (Dark Alley)

BEST FACT CRIME
Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing
Masterpiece by Edward Dolnick (HarperCollins)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
by Melanie Rehak (Harcourt)

BEST SHORT STORY
“The Catch” – Greatest Hits by James W. Hall (Carroll & Graf)

BEST JUVENILE
The Boys of San Joaquin by D. James Smith
(Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT
Last Shot by John Feinstein (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

BEST PLAY
Matter of Intent by Gary Earl Ross (Theater Loft)

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
Sea of Souls – “Amulet”, Teleplay by Ed Whitmore

BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
Syriana – Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan,
based on the book by Robert Baer (Warner Brothers)