2003 Mystery Awards Overview

2003 Agatha Award Winners

Best Novel:
Donna Andrews, You've Got Murder

Best First Novel
Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

Best Non-Fiction
Jim Huang, ed. They Died in Vain

Best Short Story
Margaret Maron, 'The Dog That Didn't Bark' in EQMM (12/02), tied with
Marcia Talley, 'Too Many Cooks' in Much Ado About Murder

Best Children's/Young Adult
Daniel J. Hale and Matthew LaBrot, Red Card: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery

2003 Anthony Award Winners

Best Novel:
Michael Connelly, City of Bones

Best First Novel:
Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter 

Best Paperback Original:
Robin Burcell, Fatal Truth

Best Critical:
Jim Huang, They Died In Vain

Best Short Story:
Marcia Talley, "Too Many Cooks" in Much Ado About Murder

Best Cover Art
Dennis McMillan, ed., Measures of Poison

2003 CWA Dagger Award Nominees

Walters, Minette. Acid Row

Silver Dagger (Fiction runner up)

Joss, Morag.   Half-Broken Things

Gold Dagger (Nonfiction):
Weinberg, Samantha. Pointing from the Grave

 The Short Story Dagger:

Sykes, Jerry. Closer to the Flame.

 CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger:
(Best First Novel)
Landay, William. Mission Flats

The Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (Best Thriller)

Fesperman, Dan. The Small Boat of Great Sorrows

The Ellis Peters Historical Dagger:

Taylor, Andrew. The American Boy

The CWA Dagger in the Library
Stephen Booth

2003 Dilys Award Winner

Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

2003 Edgar Award Winners

Best Novel
S.J. Rozan, Winter and Night

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

Best Paperback Original
T.J. McGregor, Out of Sight

Best Critical/Biographical Work
Mike Ashley, ed., The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction

Best Fact Crime
Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover

Best Short Story
Raymond Steiber, 'Mexican Gatsby' in EQMM (3/02).

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

Best Juvenile:
Helen Ericson, Harriet Spies Again.

The Mary Higgins Clark Award
Rose Connors, Absolute Certainty
Karen Harper, The Stone Forest
Nancy Pickard, The Truth Hurts
Laura Van Wormer, The Bad Witness

Robert L. Fish Award
Mike Doogan, 'War Can Be Murder' in The Mysterious North

The Raven Award
Otto Penzler
The Poe Museum, Richmond
Ed &s Pat Thomas

The Ellery Queen Award
Ed Gorman

2003 Macavity Award Winners

Best Novel:
S.J. Rozan, Winter and Night

Best First Novel:
Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

Best Critical/Biographical:
Jim Huang, ed. They Died in Vain

Best Short Story:
Janet Dawson, 'Voice Mail' in Scam and Eggs

2003 Shamus Award Winners

Best PI Novel:
James Hall, Blackwater Sound

Best PI First Novel:
Eddie Muller, The Distance

Best PI PBO:
D. Daniel Judson, The Poisoned Rose

Best PI Short Story:
Terence Faherty, 'The Second Coming' in EQMM (11/02).