Best Novel: Birds of a Feather by
Jacqueline Winspear
Nominees:
We'll Always Have
Parrots by Donna Andrews
By a Spider's
Thread by Laura Lippman
High Country Fall
by Margaret Maron
The Pearl Diver
by Sujata Massey
Best First Novel:
Dating Dead Men
by Harley Jane Kozak
Nominees:
Till The Cows
Come Home by Judy Clemens
Arson and Old Lace
by Patricia Harwin
I Dreamed I
Married Perry Mason by Susan Kandel
The Clovis
Incident: A Mystery by Pari Noskin Taichert
Best Nonfiction:
Private
Eye-Lashes: Radio's Lady Detectives by Jack French
Nominees:
The New Annotated
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories, edited with notes
by Leslie Klinger
Best Short Story:
"Wedding Knife" by Elaine Viets in Chesapeake Crimes
Nominees:
"The
Butler Didn't Do It" by Maria Y. Lima in Chesapeake Crimes
"The Two Marys" by Katherine Hall Page in Mistletoe and Mayhem
Best Children's/Young
Adult: Chasing
Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Nominees:
Betrayal at Cross
Creek by Kathleen Ernst
Green Streak: A
Zeke Armstrong Mystery by Daniel J. Hale and Matthew LaBrot
Best Novel: Letter From Home
by Carolyn Hart
Nominees:
Crouching
Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
Mumbo Gumbo
by Jerrilyn Farmer
Dream House
by Rochelle Krich
Last Lessons of
Summer by Margaret Maron
Shop till You Drop
by Elaine Viets
Best First Novel:
Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
Nominees:
Dealing in Murder
by Elaine Flinn
Haunted Ground
by Erin Hart
Take the Bait
by S. W. Hubbard
Alpine for You
by Maddy Hunter
Murder Off Mike
by Joyce Krieg
O’ Artful Death
by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Best Nonfiction:
Amelia Peabody’s
Egypt: A Compendium, edited by Elizabeth Peters and Kristen
Whitbread
Nominees:
Mystery Women: An
Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, vol. 3
(parts 1 & 2) by Colleen A. Barnett
A Second Helping
of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary
Mystery Writers, edited by Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl
Atomic
Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s by
Jeffrey Marks
Dick Francis
Companion by Jean Swanson and Dean James
Best Short Story:
“No Man’s Land” by Elizabeth Foxwell in Blood On Their Hands
Nominees:
“Doppleganger” by Rhys Bowen in Blood On Their Hands
“Safety First” by Marcia Talley in Blood On Their Hands
“Red Meat” by Elaine Viets in Blood
On Their Hands
“Sex and Bingo” by Elaine Viets in High Stakes
Best Children's/Young
Adult: The 7th
Knot by Kathleen Karr
Nominees:
Gangsters at the
Grand Atlantic by Sarah Masters Buckey
Danger, Dynamite!
by Anne Capeci
Ghost Light on
Graveyard Shoal by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
The Secret of the
Equestrian Park by Gay Toltl Kinman
Best Novel: You've Got Murder by Donna
Andrews
Nominees:
Death of Riley
by Rhys Bowen
Blues in the Night
by Rochelle Krich
The Body in the
Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page
The Golden One
by Elizabeth Peters
Best First Novel:
In the Bleak
Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Nominees:
Not All Tarts Are
Apple by Pip Granger
Six Strokes Under
by Roberta Isleib
Beat Until Stiff
by Claire M. Johnson
How to Murder a
Millionaire by Nancy Martin
Shadows at the
Fair by Lea Wait
Best Short Story:
"The Dog That Didn't Bark" by Margaret Maron, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(December
2002)
and
"Too Many Cooks" by Marcia Talley, in: Much Ado About Murder,
edited by Anne Perry
Nominees:
"Dognapped" by Robert Barnard, Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine (June 2002)
"Devotion" by Jan Burke, in: Eighteen,
by Jan Burke
"What He Needed" by Laura Lippman, in: Tart Noir, edited by Stella
Duffy & Lauren Henderson
Best Non-Fiction:
They Died in
Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels,
edited by Jim Huang
Nominees:
The Mammoth
Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction, edited by Mike Ashley
Mystery Women: An
Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, by
Colleen Barnett
Kitchen
Privileges: A Memoir by Mary Higgins Clark
Writing
Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America, edited
by Sue Grafton with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman
Best Children's/Young
Adult Mystery Novel: Red Card: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery
(The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries, 1) by Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot
Nominees:
Whistler in the
Dark (American Girl History Mysteries, 16) by Kathleen Ernst
Hoot by
Carl Hiaasen
The Secret of the
Red Flame by K. M. Kimball
The Maltese
Kitten: A Sam The Cat Mystery by Linda Stewart
Best Novel : Murphy's Law by Rhys
Bowen
Nominees :
Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Shadows of Sin by Rochelle Krich
The Bride's Kimono by Sujata Massey
Best First Novel : Bubbles Unbound by
Sarah Strohmeyer
Nominees :
An Innkeeping With Murder by Tim Myers
Mute Witness by Charles O'Brien
A Witness Above : A Frank Pavlicek Mystery by Andy
Straka
An Affinity For Murder : A Lake George Mystery by
Anne White
Best Short Story : “The Would-Be-Widower”, by
Katherine
Hall Page in: Malice
Domestic X
Nominees :
"Bitter Waters", by Rochelle Krich, in: Criminal Kabbalah: An Intriguing
Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction
"The Peculiar Events On Riverside Drive", by Maan Meyers, in: Mystery Street
"Juggernaut", by Nancy Springer, in Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine, June 2001
"Virgo In Sapphires", by Margaret Maron, in: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,
December 2001
Best Non-Fiction:
Seldom
Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman
Nominees:
The History of
the Mystery by Max Allan Collins
Writing The
Mystery: A Start-To-Finish Guide For Both Novice And Professional
by G. Miki Hayden
Who Was That Lady?
by Jeffrey Marks
Food, Drink, And
The Female Sleuth by The Sisters Wells
Best Children's/Young
Adult Mystery Novel: Mystery Of The Haunted Caves: A
Troop 13 Mystery by Penny Warner
Nominees:
The Viking Claw
by Michael Dahl, Simon & Schuster
Death On Sacred
Ground by Harriet K. Feder, Lerner Publications Company
The Mystery Of
The Octagon House by Gay Toltl Kinman, RFI West
Ring Out Wild
Bells: A Matty Trescott Novel by Carroll Thomas
Best Novel : Storm Track by
Margaret Maron
Nominees :
He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
The Floating Girl by Sujata Massey
Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon
Killer Wedding by Jerrilyn Farmer
Best First Novel : Death on a Silver
Tray by Rosemary
Stevens
Nominees :
Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Grilley
Death of an Amiable Child by Irene Marcuse
Murder of a Small Town Honey by Denise Swanson
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie
Wray Herman
Best Short Story : "The Man in the Civil Suit"
by Jan Burke, in: Malice
Domestic 9
Nominees :
"Amish Butter" by Jacqueline Fiedler, in: Unholy Orders
"Miss Parker & the Cutter-Sanborn Tables" by Gay Toltl Kinman, in: A Deadly Dozen
"Nothing to Lose" by Robert Barnard, in: Malice Domestic 9
"The Seal of the Confessional" by Rhys Bowen, in: Unholy Orders
"Widow's Peak" by Rochelle Krich, in: Unholy Orders
Best Non-Fiction:
100 Favorite
Mysteries of the Century, Jim Huang, Editor
Nominees:
The Complete
Christie by Matthew Bunson, Pocket
Women of Mystery,
Martha Dubose, Editor
The American
Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman
They Wrote the
Book, Helen Windrath, Editor
Best Novel : Mariner's Compass by
Earlene Fowler
Nominees :
In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman
The Flower Master by Sujata Massey
Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer
Death on the River Walk by Carolyn Hart
Best First Novel : Murder with Peacocks
by Donna
Andrews
Nominees :
Sing It To Her Bones by Marcia Talley
Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri
Circles of Confusion by April Henry
By Blood Possessed by Elena Santangelo
Best Short Story : "Out of Africa," by Nancy
Pickard, in: Mom, Apple Pie,
and Murder
Nominees :
"With Thanks to Agatha Christie," by Sarah J. Mason, in: Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder
"With Love, Marjorie Ann," by Marcia Talley, in: Murderous Intent Magazine, Fall 1999
"Maubi and the Jumbies," by Kate Grilley, in: Murderous Intent Magazine, Fall 1999
"The Golden Rounds," by Susan Holtzer, in: Malice Domestic 8
Best Non-Fiction:
Teller of Tales:
The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle, Daniel Stashower
Nominees:
The Deadly
Directory, Kate Derie
A Taste of
Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers,
Jo Grossman & Robert Weibezahl
Detecting Women
III, Willetta Heising
The Oxford
Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing, Rosemary Herbert
Best Novel : Butchers Hill by
Laura Lippman
Nominees :
Liar by Jan Burke
Dove In The Window by Earlene Fowler
Blind Bloodhound Justice by Virginia Lanier
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
The Ape Who Guards The Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Best First Novel : The Doctor Digs A
Grave by Robin
Hathaway
Nominees :
Sympathy For The Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer
Tiger's Palette by Jacqueline Fiedler
Dying To Get Published by Judy Fitzwater
Fax Me A Bagel by Sharon Kahn
Short Story : "Of Course You Know That
Chocolate Is A Vegetable"
by Barbara D’Amato, in: Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998
Nominees :
"Sleeping Dogs Lie" by Laurien Berenson, in: Canine Crimes
"A Simple Philosophy" by Harlan Coben, in: Malice Domestic 7
"The Village Vampire And The Oboe Of Death" by Dean James, in: Malice Domestic 7
"A Deliberate Form Of Frenzy" by Daniel Stashower, in: Malice Domestic 7
Non-Fiction: Mystery Reader's Walking Guide To
Washington D.C. by Alzina Stone Dale
Nominees:
Speaking Of Murder
by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg
Deadly Women
by Jan Grape, Dean James, and Ellen Nehr
Silk Stalkings II
by Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson
Killer Books
by Jean Swanson and Dean James
Best Novel : The Devil In Music by
Kate Ross
Nominees :
Hocus by Jan Burke
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
Goose In A Pond by Earlene Fowler
Seeing A Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters
Best First Mystery Novel : The
Salaryman's Wife
by Sujata Massey
Nominees :
Quieter Than Sleep by Joanne Dobson
The Butter Did It by Phyllis Richman
Dead Body Language by Penny Warner
Death Brims Over by Barbara Jaye Wilson
Best Short Story : "Tea for Two" by M.D. Lake,
in: Funnybones
Nominees :
"Heavenly Bodies" by Simon Brett, in: Funnybones
"Come To Tea" by Janet Laurence, in: Murder They Wrote
"Corbett Correspondence" by Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey, in: Malice Domestic 6
"Two Ladies of Rose Cottage" by Peter Robinson, in Malice Domestic 6
Best Non-Fiction:
Detecting Men
(Pocket Guide) by Willeta Heising
Nominees:
Crimes Of The
Scene by Nina King & Robin Winks
Guilty Parties
by Ian Ousby
Best Novel : Up Jumps The Devil by
Margaret Maron
Nominees :
Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler
Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook
Hearts And Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Strong As Death by Sharan Newman
Best First Mystery Novel : Murder On A
Girl's Night
Out by Anne George
Nominees :
Biggie And The Poisoned Politician by Nancy Bell
Somebody Else's Child by Terris McMahan Grimes
Death In Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani
Riding For A Fall by Lillian Roberts
Best Short Story : "Accidents Will Happen" by
Carolyn Wheat, in: Malice
Domestic 5
Nominees :
"The Bun Also Rises" by Jill Churchill, in: Malice Domestic 5
"The Death Of Erik The Redneck" by Toni L.P. Kelner, in: Malice Domestic 5
"A Parrot Is Forever" by Peter Lovesey, in: Malice Domestic 5
"Bugged" by Eve K. Sandstrom, in: Malice Domestic 5
Best Nonfiction:
Detecting Women 2
by Willetta Heising
Nominees:
Amateur
Detectives: A Writer's Guide To How Private Citizens Solve Criminal
Cases by Elaine Raco Chase and Anne Wingate
Mystery: A
Celebration (KQED Books) by Ron Miller
The Letters Of
Dorothy L. Sayers: The Making Of A Detective Novelist, edited by
Barbara Reynolds
By A Woman's Hand,
Second Edition, by Jean Swanson & Dean James
Best Novel : If I'd Killed Him When I
Met Him by
Sharyn McCrumb
Nominees :
Miracles In Maggody by Joan Hess
The Wandering Arm by Sharan Newman
Twilight by Nancy Pickard
Escapade by Walter Satterthwait
Best First Mystery Novel : The Body in
the Transept
by Jeanne M. Dams
Nominees :
A Far And Deadly Cry by Teri Holbrook
Horse Of A Different Killer by Jody Jaffe
Death In Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier
Murder In Scorpio by Martha C. Lawrence
Best Short Story : "The Dog Who Remembered Too Much"
by Elizabeth
Daniels Squire, in: Malice
Domestic 4
Nominees :
"Rule Of Law" by K.K. Beck, in: Malice Domestic 4
"Cupid's Arrow" by Dorothy Cannell, in: Crimes of the Heart
"A Contest Fit For A Queen" by Susan Dunlap, in: Crimes of the Heart
"The Murder Game" by Jean Hager, in: Malice Domestic 4
Best Nonfiction:
Mystery Readers
Walking Guide-Chicago by Alzina Stone Dale
Nominees:
John Dickson
Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas Greene
Ngaio Marsh: The
Woman And Her Work, edited by B.J. Rahn
The Armchair
Detective Book Of Lists, 2nd edition edited by Kate Stine
The Cadfael
Companion, 2nd edition, by Robin Whiteman
Best Novel : She Walks These Hills
by Sharyn McCrumb
Nominees :
Scandal In Fair Haven by Carolyn G. Hart
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Angel Of Death by Rochelle Majer Krich
Night Train To Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
Best First Mystery Novel : Do Unto
Others by Jeff
Abbott
Nominees :
One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler
Writers Of The Purple Sage by Barbara Burnett Smith
Until Death by Polly Whitney
Best Short Story : "The Family Jewels" by
Dorothy Cannell, in: Malice
Domestic 3
Nominees :
"Cast Your Fate To The Wind" by Deborah Adams, in: Malice Domestic 3
"The Gentleman In The Lake" by Robert Barnard, in: The Year’s Best Mystery and
Suspense Stories - 1995 ed. Edward D. Hoch, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June
1994
"Soon To Be A Minor Motion Picture" by Barbara D'Amato, in: Partners in Crime
"The Dying Light" by Taylor McCafferty, in: Malice Domestic 3
Best Nonfiction:
By A Woman's Hand
by Jean Swanson and Dean James
Nominees:
Encylopedia
Mysteriosa by William L. DeAndrea
Crime Fiction II
by Allen J. Hubin
Great Women
Mystery Writers, edited by Kathleen Gregory Klein
Had She But
Known: Mary Roberts Rinehart by Charlotte MacLeod
Best Novel : Dead Man's Island by
Carolyn Hart
Nominees :
Old Scores by Aaron Elkins
O Little Town of Maggody by Joan Hess
Fair Game by Rochelle Majer Krich
Southern Discomfort by Margaret Maron
To Live And Die In Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
Best First Mystery Novel : Track Of The
Cat by Nevada
Barr
Nominees :
Goodnight, Irene by Jan Burke
A Share In Death by Deborah Crombie
Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman
Child Of Silence by Abigail Padgett
Best Short Story : "Kim's Game" by M.D. Lake,
in: Malice Domestic 2
Nominees :
"A Romance in the Rockies" by K.K. Beck, in: Malice Domestic 2
"Sax And The Single Cat" by Carole Nelson Douglas, in: Danger in D.C. : cat crimes in the
nation's capital
"Checkout" by Susan Dunlap, in: Malice Domestic 2
"...That Married Dear Old Dad" by Margaret Maron, in: Malice Domestic 2
Best Nonfiction:
The Doctor, The
Murder, The Mystery by Barbara D'Amato
Nominees:
Maker &
Craftsman: Dorothy L. Sayers by Alzina Stone Dale
The Poisonous Pen
Of Agatha Christie by Michael C. Gerald
The Fine Art Of
Murder, editor. Ed Gorman et al.
A Reader's Guide
To The American Novel Of Detection by Marvin Lachman
The Doubleday
Crime Club Compendium 1928-91 by Ellen Nehr
Best Novel : Bootlegger's Daughter
by Margaret Maron
Nominees :
Southern Ghost by Carolyn G. Hart
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb
Defend And Betray by Anne Perry
The Snake, The Crocodile And The Dog by Elizabeth
Peters
Best First Mystery Novel : Blanche On
The Lam by
Barbara Neely
Nominees :
All The Great Pretenders by Deborah Adams
Thyme Of Death by Susan Wittig Albert
Decked by Carol Higgins Clark
The Seneca Falls Inheritance by Miriam Grace
Monfredo
Best Short Story : "Nice Gorilla" by Aaron and
Charlotte
Elkins, in: Malice Domestic 1
Nominees :
"The Jersey Lily" by P.M. Carlson, in: Malice Domestic 1
"Country Hospitality" by Jean Hager, in: Sisters in Crime 5
"The Last To Know" by Joan Hess, in: Malice Domestic 1
"Happiness Is A Dead Poet" by Sharyn McCrumb, in: Malice Domestic 1
Best Novel : I.O.U. by Nancy
Pickard
Nominees :
Make No Bones by Aaron Elkins
The Christie Caper by Carolyn G. Hart
An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod
The Last Camel Died At Noon by Elizabeth Peters
Best First Mystery Novel : Zero At The
Bone by Mary
Willis Walker
Nominees :
Carpool by Mary Cahill
Just Desserts by Mary Daheim
The Bulrush Murders by Rebecca Rothenberg
Flowers For The Dead by Ann Williams
Best Short Story : "Deborah's Judgment" by
Margaret Maron, in: A
Woman's Eye
Nominees :
"The Habit Of Widowhood" by Robert Barnard, in: The Habit of Widowhood
"The January Sale Stowaway" by Dorothy Cannell, in: Christmas Stalkings : tales of
yuletide murder
"The Crime Of Miss Oyster Brown" by Peter Lovesey, in: The Year's Best Mystery and
Suspense Stories, 1992
"Long Live The Queen" by Ruth Rendell, in: The Copper Peacock, and other
stories
Best Novel : Bum Steer by Nancy
Pickard
Nominees :
Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
Deadly Valentine by Carolyn G. Hart
The Face Of A Stranger by Anne Perry
The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters
Best First Mystery Novel : The Body In
The Belfry
by Katherine Hall Page
Nominees :
Screaming Bones by Pat Burden
Catering To Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
The Chartreuse Clue by William F. Love
Sea Of Troubles by Janet L. Smith
Best Short Story : “Too Much To Bare” by Joan
Hess, in: Sisters in Crime 2
Nominees :
"The High Cost Of Living," by Dorothy Cannell, in: Sisters in Crime 3
"Proxime Accessit," by Reginald Hill, in: The Year's 25 finest crime and
mystery stories
"A Family Affair," by Janet Neel, in: Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine, Feb. 1990
"The Wearing Of Purple," by Anne Woodward, in: Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine,
April 1990
Best Novel : Naked Once More by
Elizabeth Peters
Nominees :
The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell
A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn G. Hart
Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron
Philly Stakes by Gillian Roberts
Best First Mystery Novel : Grime And
Punishment
by Jill Churchill
Nominees :
Working Murder by Eleanor Boylan
A Question of Guilt by Frances Fyfield
The Mother Shadow by Melanie Johnson Howe
The Mark Twain Murders by Edith Skom
Best Short Story :
"A Wee Doch And Doris" by Sharyn McCrumb, in Mistletoe Mysteries,
collected by Charlotte MacLeod
Nominees :
"Live It Up, Bert" by Patricia Derozier, in: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,
November 1989
"Amanda" by Ellie Grossman, in: Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine, October 1989
"A Cozy For Christmas" by Charlotte MacLeod, in: Mistletoe Mysteries,
collected by Charlotte MacLeod
"Afraid All The Time" by Nancy Pickard, in: Sisters in Crime
Best Novel : Something Wicked by
Carolyn G. Hart
Nominees :
The Widow's Club by Dorothy Cannell
Mischief In Maggody by Joan Hess
Paying The Piper by Sharyn McCrumb
Dead Crazy by Nancy Pickard
Best First Mystery Novel : A Great
Deliverance by
Elizabeth George
Nominees :
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders by Corinne Holt
Sawyer
Goodbye Nanny Grey by Susannah Stacey
Dead Men Don't Give Seminars by Dorothy Sucher
Best Short Story : "More Final Than Divorce" by
Robert Barnard, in: The
Habit of Widowhood, by Robert Barnard
Nominees :
"Prodigal Grandson" by Elizabeth Byrd, in: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine,
August 1988
"Father Of The Bride" by P.M. Carlson, in: Mr. President, Private Eye
"Double Vision" by Mary Higgins Clark, in: The Anastasia Syndrome, and other
stories
"Dutiful Son" by Ralph McInerny, in: Four on the Floor, by Ralph
McInerny
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