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This year's Edgar Awards ceremony, presented by the Mystery Writers of America, took place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on April 29, 2004. The winners included:
BEST NOVEL
RESURRECTION MEN by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
DEATH OF A NATIONALIST by Rebecca Pawel (Soho Press)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
FIND ME AGAIN by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (Dundurn Group)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
BEAUTIFUL SHADOW: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson (Bloomsbury)
BEST FACT CRIME
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson (Random House/Crown)
BEST SHORT STORY
"The Maids" in BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS by G. Miki Hayden (Berkley Prime Crime)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
ACCELERATION by Graham McNamee (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children's)
BEST JUVENILE
BERNIE MAGRUDER AND THE BATS IN THE BELFRY by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
The Practice: "Goodbye." Teleplay by Peter Blake and David E. Kelley
BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
Dirty Pretty Things by Steve Knight (BBC, Celador Productions, Jonescompany)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
Sandy Balzo for "The Grass Is Always Greener" (EQMM, March 2003)
GRAND MASTER
Joseph Wambaugh
RAVEN
Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University, in recognition of its long-standing work in collecting and preserving detective fiction
Vanity Fair magazine, Graydon Carter, editor, in recognition of their coverage of True Crime
SPECIAL EDGAR AWARD
Home Box Office, in recognition of the creation and production of their groundbreaking crime series such as The Sopranos, Oz and The Wire.
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER-MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
SONG OF THE BONES by M.K. Preston (Intrigue Press)
More information about the Edgar Awards and Mystery Writers of America can be found at http://www.mysterywriters.org.
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The 2004 Edgar Award Nominees
Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominees for the 2004 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which focus on works published or produced in 2003 in a number of categories. The winners will be announced Thursday, April 29, 2004 at the 58th annual Edgar Awards dinner gala at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
BEST NOVEL
THE GUARDS by Ken Bruen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
OUT by Natsuo Kirino (Kodansha International)
RESURRECTION MEN by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
MAISIE DOBBS by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Press)
[Note: LOST LIGHT by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) was also nominated in this category, but Connelly withdrew his book from consideration because he's president of MWA.]
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
12 BLISS STREET by Martha Conway (St. Martin's Minotaur)
OFFER OF PROOF by Robert Heilbrun (William Morrow)
NIGHT OF THE DANCE by James Hime (St. Martin's Minotaur)
DEATH OF A NATIONALIST by Rebecca Pawel (Soho Press)
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS by Olen Steinhauer (St. Martin's Minotaur)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
CUT AND RUN by Jeff Abbott (NAL-Penguin)
THE LAST WITNESS by Joel Goldman (Pinnacle)
WISDOM OF THE BONES by Christopher Hyde (NAL-Penguin)
SOUTHLAND by Nina Rovoyr (Akashic Books)
FIND ME AGAIN by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (Dundurn Group)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
MYSTERY WOMEN, VOLUME 3 by Colleen Barnett (Poisoned Pen Press)
AMELIA PEABODY'S EGYPT: A Compendium edited by Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread (William Morrow)
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: A Life in Darkness and Light by Patrick McGilligan (HarperCollins)
THE AMERICAN POLICE NOVEL: A History by Leroy Lad Panek (McFarland)
BEAUTIFUL SHADOW: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson (Bloomsbury)
BEST FACT CRIME
BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER: A Genius for Murder by Steve Hodel (Arcade)
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson (Random House/Crown)
JUDGMENT RIDGE: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders by Dick Lehr and Mitchell Zuckoff (HarperCollins)
AND THE DEAD SHALL RISE: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank by Steve Oney (Pantheon)
ROTHSTEIN: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series by David Pietrusza (Carroll & Graf)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Bet on Red" in HIGH STAKES by Jeff Abbott (NAL-Penguin)
"Black Heart & Cabin Girl" in BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS by Shelly Costa (Berkley Prime Crime)
"Aces and Eights" by David Edgerley Gates (AHMM, December 2003)
"The Maids" in BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS by G. Miki Hayden (Berkley Prime Crime)
"Cowboy Grace" in THE SILVER GRYPHON by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Golden Gryphon)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
THE LAST TREASURE by Janet Anderson (Dutton Children's Group)
FEAST OF FOOLS by Bridget Crowley (McElderry/Simon & Schuster)
ACCELERATION by Graham McNamee (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children's)
DEATH AND THE ARROW by Chris Priestly (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
UNCOVERING SADIE'S SECRETS by Libby Sternberg (Bancroft Press)
BEST JUVENILE
THE MALTED FALCON by Bruce Hale (Harcourt Children's Books)
BERNIE MAGRUDER AND THE BATS IN THE BELFRY by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
LILY'S GHOSTS by Laura Ruby (HarperCollins Children's Books)
DUST by Arthur Slade (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children's)
SAMMY KEYES AND THE ART OF DECEPTION by Wendelin Van Draanen (Knopf Books for Young Readers/Random House Children's)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "Probability." Teleplay by Gerry Conway, story by Rene Balcer and Gerry Conway
Law & Order: SVU: "Coerced." Teleplay by Jonathan Greene
Monk: "Mr. Monk and the 12th Man." Teleplay by Michael Angeli
Monk: "Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man." Teleplay by Daniel Dratch
The Practice: "Goodbye." Teleplay by Peter Blake and David E. Kelley
BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
The Cooler by Wayne Kramer and Frank Hannah (Lions Gate Films)
Dirty Pretty Things by Steve Knight (BBC, Celador Productions, Jonescompany)
Monster by Patty Jenkins (MDP Worldwide)
Mystic River by Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane (Malpaso Productions)
Runaway Jury by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Rick Cleveland and Matthew Chapman, based on the novel by John Grisham
THE SIMON & SCHUSTER-MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
RICOCHET by Nancy Baker Jacobs (Five Star Publishing)
A BLOODHOUND TO DIE FOR by Virginia Lanier (HarperCollins)
SAMURAI'S DAUGHTER by Sujata Massey (HarperCollins)
THE BODY IN THE LIGHTHOUSE by Katherine Hall Page (William Morrow)
SONG OF THE BONES by M.K. Preston (Intrigue Press)
ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
Sandy Balzo for "The Grass Is Always Greener" (EQMM, March 2003)
GRAND MASTER
Joseph Wambaugh
RAVEN
Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University, in recognition of its long-standing work in collecting and preserving detective fiction
Vanity Fair magazine, Graydon Carter, editor, in recognition of their coverage of True Crime
SPECIAL EDGAR AWARD
Home Box Office, in recognition of the creation and production of their groundbreaking crime series such as The Sopranos, Oz and The Wire.
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