The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2001
The Edgar Allan Poe awards (the "Edgars") are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to authors of distinguished work in various categories of the mystery genre.  The following list is of print literature only.  The awards for television, motion pictures, and plays have been omitted.

Best Novel:
THE BOTTOMS by Joe R. Lansdale

Nominated:

  • A PLACE OF EXECUTION by Val McDermid
  • A DANGEROUS ROAD by Kris Nelscott
  • RED LIGHT by T. Jefferson Parker
  • THE WHOLE TRUTH by Nancy Pickard
Best First Novel:
A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER by David Liss

Nominated:

  • THE ICE HARVEST by Scott Phillips
  • RAVELING by Peter Moore Smith
  • DEATH OF A RED HEROINE by Qiu Xiaolong
  • CROW IN STOLEN COLORS by Marcia Simpson
Best Paperback Original:
THE BLACK MARIA by Mark Graham

Nominated:
  • MURDER ON ST. MARK'S PLACE by Victoria Thompson
  • KILLING KIN by Chassie West
  • THE KIDNAPPING OF ROSIE DAWN by Eric Wright
  • PURSUIT AND PERSUASION by Sally S. Wright

Best Fact Crime:
BLACK MASS: THE IRISH MOB, THE FBI, AND A DEVIL’S DEAL by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill

Nominated:

  • THE SEEKERS: A BOUNTY HUNTER'S STORY by Joshua Armstrong & Anthony Bruno
  • PORTRAITS OF GUILT: THE WOMAN WHO PROFILES THE FACES OF AMERICA'S DEADLIEST CRIMINALS by Jeanne Boylan
  • AUTHOR UNKNOWN: ON THE TRAIL OF THE ANONYMOUS by Don Foster
  • MOONLIGHT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE ALMANAC TRIAL by John Evangelist Walsh
Best Critical or Biographical Work:
CONUNDRUMS FOR THE LONG WEEK-END: ENGLAND, DOROTHY L. SAYERS, AND LORD PETER WIMSEY by Robert Kuhn McGregor and Ethan Lewis

Nominated:

  • THE DOCTOR AND THE DETECTIVE: A BIOGRAPHY OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE by Martin Booth
  • WOMEN OF MYSTERY: THE LIVES AND WORKS OF NOTABLE WOMEN CRIME NOVELISTS by Martha Hailey Dubose with additional essays by Margaret Caldwell Thomas
  • THE RED-HOT TYPEWRITER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN D. MACDONALD by Hugh Merrill
Best Short Story:
"Missing in Action" by Peter Robinson (in: The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: second annual collection, edited by Ed Gorman)

Nominated:

  • "Delta Double-Deal" by Noreen Ayres (The Night Awakens, MWA anthology edited by Mary Higgins Clark)
  • "A Candle for Christmas" by Reginald Hill (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2000)
  • "Twelve of the Little Buggers" by Mat Coward (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2000)
  • "Spinning" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2000)
Best Young Adult:
COUNTERFEIT SON by Elaine Marie Alphin

Nominated:

  • SILENT TO THE BONE by E.L. Konigsburg
  • THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED by Carol Plum-Ucci
  • LOCKED INSIDE by Nancy Werlin
Best Juvenile:
DOVEY COE by Frances O'Roark Dowell

Nominated:

  • TROUBLE AT FORT LA POINTE by Kathleen Ernst
  • SAMMY KEYES AND THE CURSE OF MUSTACHE MARY by Wendelin Van Draanen
  • WALKING TO THE BUS RIDER BLUES by Harriette Gillem Robinet
  • GHOSTS IN THE GALLERY by Barbara Brooks Wallace


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