The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2002
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:
SILENT JOE by T. Jefferson Parker

Nominated:

  • JUDGEMENT by D. W. Buffa
  • TELL NO ONE by Harlan Coben
  • MONEY, MONEY, MONEY by Ed McBain
  • REFLECTING THE SKY by S. J. Rozan

Best First Novel:
LINE OF VISION by David Ellis

Nominated:

  • OPEN SEASON by C. J. Box
  • RED HOOK by Gabriel Cohen
  • GUN MONKEYS by Victor Gischler
  • JASMINE TRADE by Denise Hamilton

Best Paperback Original:
ADIOS MUCHACHOS by Daniel Chavarría

Nominated:

  • HELL’S KITCHEN by Jeffery Deaver
  • THE MOTHER TONGUE by Teri Holbrook
  • DEAD OF WINTER by P. J. Parrish
  • STRAW MEN by Martin J. Smith

Best Fact Crime:
SON OF A GRIFTER: GROWING UP WITH SANTE AND KENNY KIMES by Kent Walker and Mark Schone

Nominated:

  • LEAVENWORTH TRAIN: BITTER JUSTICE IN THE VANISHING WEST by Joe Jackson
  • THE WRONG MAN by James Neff
  • DARK DREAMS by Roy Hazelwood, Stephen G. Michaud
  • BASE INSTINCTS by Jonathan H. Pincus

Best Critical or Biographical Work:
EDGAR ALLAN POE A TO Z by Dawn B. Sova

Nominated:

  • THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY by Max Allan Collins
  • DASHIELL HAMMETT by Richard Layman (ed.), Julie M. Rivett (ed.)
  • MY NAME’S FRIDAY by Michael J. Hayde
  • SELECTED LETTERS OF DASHIELL HAMMETT by Julie M. Rivett
  • WHO WAS THAT LADY? CRAIG RICE: THE QUEEN OF SCREWBALL MYSTERY by Jeffrey Marks

Best Short Story:  "Double-Crossing Delancy" by S. J. Rozan (in Private Eye Writer's of America)

Nominated:
  • "The Abbey Ghosts" by Jan Burke (in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January 2001)
  • "The Horrible Senseless Murder of Two Elderly Women" by Michael Collins (in Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys)
  • "If the Glove Fits" by Michael Z. Lewin (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sept.- Oct. 2001)
  • "Virgo in Sapphires" by Margaret Maron (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2001)

Best Young Adult:
BOY IN THE BURNING HOUSE by Tim Wynne-Jones

Nominated:

  • DON’T TELL by Elizabeth Chandler
  • DEATH ON SACRED GROUND by Harriet K. Feder
  • SHADES OF SIMON GRAY by Joyce McDonald
  • WITCH HILL by Marcus Sedgwick

Best Juvenile:
DANGLING by Lillian Eige

Nominated:

  • GHOST SOLDIER by Elaine Marie Alphin
  • GHOST SITTERG by Peni R. Griffin
  • FOLLOWING FAKE MAN by Barbara Ware Holmes
  • BUG MULDOON by Paul Shipton


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