2009 Agatha Award Nominees announced today

* Note: A story from 'Wolfsbane and Mistletoe' has been nominated for best short story.
The nominees for the 2009 Agatha Awards (for traditional mysteries published in 2008) have been announced by Malice Domestic. Winners will be chosen by attendees at the Malice Domestic 21 convention (May 1-3), and will be announced Saturday, May 2.

Our Congratulations to the Nominees!

Best Novel

Donna Andrews, Six Geese A-Slaying (Minotaur Books)

Rhys Bowen , A Royal Pain (Penguin Group)

Louise Penny, The Cruelest Month (Minotaur Books)

Anne Perry, Buckingham Palace Gardens (Random House)

Julia Spencer-Fleming, I Shall Not Want (Minotaur Books)

Best First Novel

Sarah Atwell, Through a Glass, Deadly (Berkley Trade)

Krista Davis, The Diva Runs Out of Thyme (Penguin Group)

Rosemary Harris, Pushing Up Daisies (Minotaur Books)

G.M. Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer (Midnight Ink)

Joanna Campbell Slan, Paper, Scissors, Death (Midnight Ink)

Best Non-fiction

African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study, Frankie Y. Bailey (McFarland & Co.)

How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries, Kathy Lynn Emerson (Perseverance Press)

Anthony Boucher, A Bibliography, Jeff Marks (McFarland & Co.)

Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories, Dr. Harry Lee Poe (Metro Books)

The Suspicions of Mr. Whitcher, Kate Summerscale (Walker)

Best Short Story

Dana Cameron, “The Night Things Changed” (Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner; Ace)

Jane Cleland, “Killing Time” (Alfred Hitchock Mystery Magazine, Nov 2008)

Carla Coupe, “Dangerous Crossin” (Chesapeake Crimes 3, edited by Donna Andrews and Marcia Talley; Wildside Press)

Toni L.P. Kelner, “Skull and Cross Examination” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Feb 2008)

Nancy Pickard, “A Nice Old Guy” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Aug 2008)

Best Children’s/Young Adult

Peter Abrahams, Into the Dark (HarperCollins)

Sarah Masters Buckey, A Thief in the Theater, (American Girl)

Chris Grabenstein, The Crossroads (Random House)

Nancy Means Wright, The Great Circus Train Robbery (Hilliard and Harris)