AGATHA AWARD WINNERS: Malice Domestic

MALICE DOMESTIC announced the AGATHA AWARD WINNERS tonight in Bethesda, MD. Congratulations to all! For all the nominees, go here.

Best Contemporary Novel
Glass Houses: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)

Best Historical Novel 
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen (Lake Union Publishing)

Best First Novel
Hollywood Homicide: A Detective by Day Mystery by Kellye Garrett (Midnight Ink)

Best Nonfiction 
From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon by Mattias Boström (Mysterious Press)

Best Short Story
“The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn” by Gigi Pandian (Henery Press)

Best Children’s/Young Adult
Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead by Cindy Callaghan (Aladdin)

Lifetime Achievement: Nancy Pickard

Amelia Award: David Suchet

Poirot Award: Brenda Blethyn, who stars as DCI Vera Stanhope in the Vera series (based on the books by Ann Cleeves)

Special Amelia Award: Joan Hess

Agatha Award Winners

Malice Domestic announced the Agatha Award Winners. Congratulations to all!

Best Contemporary Novel
Margaret Maron, Long Upon the Land (Grand Central Publishing)

Best Historical Novel
Laurie R. King, Dreaming Spies (Bantam)

Best First Novel
Art Taylor, On the Road with Del and Louise (Henery Press)

Best Non-Fiction
Martin Edwards, The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story  (HarperCollins)

Best Short Story
Barb Goffman, “A Year Without Santa Claus?” (AHMM)

Best Children’s/Young Adult
Amanda Flower, Andi Unstoppable  (Zonderkidz)

Agatha Award Winners 2015

The winners of the Agatha Award Winners 2015 were announced at Malice Domestic. Congratulations to all.

Best Contemporary Novel
Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)

Best Historical Novel
Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)

Best First Novel
Well Read, Then Dead by Terrie Farley Moran (Berkley Prime Crime)

Best Nonfiction
Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey by Hank Phillippi Ryan (ed) (Henery Press)

Best Short Story
"The Odds are Against Us" by Art Taylor (EQMM)

Best Children's/Young Adult
The Code Buster's Club, Case #4, The Mummy's Curse by Penny Warner (Egmont USA)

Sara Paretsky was presented with Malice Domestic's Lifetime Achievement Award for her many contributions to the mystery fiction genre.

Agatha Award Winners

The Agatha Award Winners --  Malice Domestic, May 3, 2014. 

Best First Novel

Death Al Dente by Leslie Budewitz (Berkley Prime Crime)

Best Historical Novel 

A Question of Honor by Charles Todd (William Morrow)

Best Contemporary Novel

The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)

Best Nonfiction

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)

Best Short Story

"The Care and Feeding of House Plants" by Art Taylor (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best Children's/YA Nominations

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein (Random House Books)

Agatha Award Winners 2013

Agatha Award Winners were announced at Malice Domestic tonight. Congratulations to all.

Best Novel:
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

Best First Novel:
Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer

Best Non-fiction:
Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly/Declan Burke

Best Short Story:
"Mischief in Mesopotamia" by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best Children's/Young Adult Novel:
The Code Busters Club, Case #2: The Haunted Lighthouse by Penny Warner

Best Historical Novel:
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder by Catriona McPherson