Well, as most of you already know, the Edgar results are in. We at the Nomad had a vested interest in one particular title and author, specifically in the Paperback Original category (an aside: aren’t the PBO covers just a bit more kick-ass than the others?), so color us slightly disappointed.
However, I’ve heard endless good opinion of Ms. Abbott’s writing, so if Mr. Wignall has to miss out on the little Mr. Poe, then I think she’s a fair one to take it instead. When he returns from another of his mysterious trips to a place where the internet is just a rumor, I’m sure he’ll have a thing or two to say. As for me, I’m in Serbia on a questionable dial-up connection—a pulse line, no less!—so I should get out of the way before the line burns out.
Anyway, here’s the big list…fight away!
BEST NOVEL
Down River by John Hart (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
In the Woods by Tana French (Penguin Group - Viking)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Queenpin by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
BEST FACT CRIME
Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton and Company)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters
by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley (The Penguin Press)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Golden Gopher” - Los Angeles Noir by Susan Straight (Akashic
Books)
BEST JUVENILE
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh (Hyperion Books for Young Readers)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Rat Life by Tedd Arnold (Penguin - Dial Books for Young Readers)
BEST PLAY
Panic by Joseph Goodrich (International Mystery Writers’ Festival)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
“Pilot” - Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television
Studios)
BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
Michael Clayton, Screenplay by Tony Gilroy (Warner Bros. Pictures)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
“The Catch” - Still Waters by Mark Ammons (Level Best Books)
(Originally posted at the Contemporary Nomad)