2006 Edgar Allan Poe Awards

The Edgar Allan Poe awards honors the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, tv, and film either published or produced in the preceding year. This year the 60th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards were presented at the Gala Banquet on April 27, 2006 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

The Mystery Writers of America issue the Edgar Allan Poe Awards each year. This year the winners were selected from a list of 67 of the world’s most recognized and respected writers of the genre. Entries of over 1,000 books, 500 short stories, and innumerable tv shows were judged by a judges panel of 68. The Edgar awards were named from the Mystery Writers of America’s patron saint of Edgar Allan Poe, whom many consider the best mystery writer known.

The award given out at the ceremony, “Edgars”, reflects accomplishment to the top writers in their field. The event saw Court TV host Catherine Crier, Janet Evanovich, Mary Higgins Clark, Richard Russo, and Josh Olson in attendance, just to name a few. Currently the Mystery Writers of America has a membership of well over 3,000 writers.


For more information about the Mystery Writers Association of America:
Mystery Writers of America
17 E. 47th Street, 6th floor
New York NY 10017
http://www.mysterywriters.org/

Nominees of the 60th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Best Novel
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook (Harcourt)
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine Books)
Drama City by George Pelecanos (Little, Brown)
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter (Regan Books)

Best First Novel By An American Author
Die A Little by Megan Abbott (Simon & Schuster)
Immoral by Brian Freeman (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Run the Risk by Scott Frost (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Hide Your Eyes by Alison Gaylin (Signet)
Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Best Paperback Original
Homicide My Own by Anne Argula (Pleasure Boat Studio)
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman (Penguin - Plume)
Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford (Dark Alley)
Kiss Her Goodbye by Allan Guthrie (Hard Case Crime)
Six Bad Things by Charlie Huston (Ballantine Books)