The Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2003
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:

Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan

Nominated:
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
No Good Deed by Manda Scott

Best First Novel:
The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King

Nominated:
Southern Latitudes by Stephen J. Clark
High Wire by Kam Majd
Buck Fever by Ben Rehder
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt

Best Paperback Original:
Out of Sight by T.J. MacGregor

Nominated:
Black Jack Point by Jeff Abbott
The Night Watcher by John Lutz
Trauma by Graham Masterton
Prison Blues by Anna Salter

Best Fact Crime:
Fire Lover: a true story by Joseph Wambaugh

Nominated:
Blood & Ink: An International Guide to Fact-Based Crime Literature by Albert Borowitz
Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire by Rick Cowan and Douglas Century
Death at the Priory: Sex, Love and Murder in Victorian England by James Ruddick
The Count and the Confession by John Taylor

Best Critical or Biographical Work:
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction by Mike Ashley

Nominated:
The Classic Era of Crime Fiction by Peter Haining
Crime Films by Thomas Leitch
The Art of Noir by Eddie Muller

Best Short Story:  "Mexican Gatsby" by Raymond Steiber (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine March 2002)

Nominated:
"The Murder Ballads" by Doug Allyn (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine / March 2002)
"To Live and Die in Midland, Texas" by Clark Howard (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine / Sep.-Oct. 2002)
"Rumpole and the Primrose Path" by John Mortimer (in: The Strand)
"Angel of Wrath" by Joyce Carol Oates (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine / June 2002)

Best Young Adult:
The Wessex Papers, Vols. 1-3 by Daniel Parker

Nominated:
Cheating Lessons by Nan Willard Cappo
Safe House by Jenny Carroll
Hit and Run by Mark Delaney
The Night the Penningtons Vanished by Marianna Heusler

Best Juvenile:
Harriet Spies Again by Helen Ericson

Nominated:
O'Dwyer & Grady: Starring in Acting Innocent by Eileen Heyes
The Case of the Greedy Granny: Jake Gander, Storyville Detective by George McClements
Riding the Flume by Patricia Curtis Pfitsch
Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eye by Wendelin Van Draanen

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