Thursday, May 01, 2008

Edgar Awards

Congratulations to all!

Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce its Winners for the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television and film published or produced in 2007.

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 and 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)


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, as the Blog Log notes, at least one proud Abbott/Nase mama is justifiably busting...interesting choice, BURN NOTICE for tv script, in a relatively crowded field.

Doc Quatermass said...

Congratulation to 2008 Grand Master: Bill Pronzini.

I like Burn Notice but am surprised it beat out Dexter which is a very well written show and Pushing Daisies which is very quirky in writing and looks (though maybe that was the ep where the guy killed off people by clogging up the victim's exhaust pipes on their cars which would conk out the engine but not fill the car with exhaust unless the pipe was vented into the interior of the car.

Anonymous said...

Yet again I have read none of the winners.