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The 2011 Edgar Award-Winners!

The 2011 Edgar Award-Winners!

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Well, we couldn't be happier. A few of our favorite 2010 mystery authors walked out of the Grand Hyatt Hotel last night as Edgar Award-winners! A huge congratulations to everyone nominated; this year's list was full of nail-biting thillers, chilling crime, and simply great mystery writing. Our winners are as follows:

Winner for Best Novel:

THE LOCK ARTIST by Steve Hamilton

Winner for Best First Novel by an American Author:

ROGUE ISLAND by Bruce Desilva

The 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Award-winners were announced April 28th, 2011 at a black tie gala at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City. The Edgars honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2010.

[UPDATE]: We just dug up four ROGUE ISLAND galleys that were hiding in the back of our shelves. If you would like a copy of this Edgar Award-winner, send your name, library, and full mailing address to: Library @MacmillanUSA.com.

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Deborah Eisenberg Wins the PEN/Faulker Award for Fiction!

Deborah Eisenberg Wins the PEN/Faulker Award for Fiction!

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Congratulations to Deborah Eisenberg whose anthology of short stories (THE COLLECTED STORIES OF DEBORAH EISENBERG) was awarded the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction! 

From the press release: 

 

Eisenberg's stories have long been admired for their exceptional language and nuanced evocation of thought and emotion. About this collection, judge Laura Furman says, “From the first to the last of her collected stories, Deborah Eisenberg demonstrates her sharp intelligence, literary inventiveness, and her clear understanding of human interconnectedness as it exists in isolation. 

The PEN/Faulkner Award was first given in 1981. Past winners include last year’s winner Sherman Alexie, and Joseph O’Neill, E.L. Doctorow, Ann Patchett, Philip Roth, John Updike, and John Edgar Wideman, among others.

Eisenberg will be awarded her prize in a ceremony on May 7th at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC. [...]

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CBS: Ronald Reagan’s Close Call

CBS: Ronald Reagan’s Close Call

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Ali Fisher

This weekend, CBS aired a short segment on the near assassination of Ronald Reagan. Del Quentin Wilber, author of RAWHIDE DOWN, was interviewed for the piece and discloses some of the unexpected effects of the shooting.

Wilber says,

"[Reagan] got a lot of benefit down the road... Iran–Contra... the other controversies may have sunk another presidency, but they didn't sink his and I'm convinced it's because the people of America got a rare glimpse of someone without the facade on."

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Gone with a Handsomer Man Book Trailer

Gone with a Handsomer Man Book Trailer

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Author Michael Lee West has put together a delightful book trailer for her soon to be released debut mystery, GONE WITH A HANDSOMER MAN. 

Teeny Templeton believes that her life is finally on track. She’s getting married, she’s baking her own wedding cake, and she’s leaving her troubled past behind. And then? She finds her fiancé playing naked badminton with a couple of gorgeous, skanky chicks. Needless to say, the wedding is off. Adding insult to injury, her fiancé slaps a restraining order on her. When he’s found dead a few days later, all fingers point to Teeny... 

Janet Evanovich says, “Gone with a Handsomer Man is fun, funny, and fabulous!” and Publishers Weekly assures us, "Readers will look forward to more helpings of Teeny Templeton."

Watch the trailer on YouTube or GoodReads!

Book Trailer

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Happy March Minotaur Mystery Madness Day! GIVEAWAY

Happy March Minotaur Mystery Madness Day! GIVEAWAY

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Ali Fisher

It's Tuesday and I'm feeling sassy, so I'm dubbing today March Minotaur Mystery Madness Day! 

I pulled together two delicious mystery snack packs* for you to get your hands on. Click either box to email library at macmillanusa dot com and add your preference for "Combo A" or "Combo B" in the Subject Line (yes, yes, you can enter to win both!). Get those entries in before Thursday.

UPDATE: Contest now closed. Thanks to those who entered. Winners have been notified!

THE LOCK ARTIST, by Steve Hamilton: This Alex Award winning thriller is, as The New York Times Book Review said, "too good for words."
BAD BIRD, by Chris Knopf: Knopf kicks off his second Hamptons mystery with an explosive beginning, then pulls us back to the past of roguish lawyer Jackie Swaitkowski, and throws in a few twists before the end. Hold on tight!
THE KENKEN KILLINGS, by Parnell Hall: There are actually KenKen and crosswords in the pages of this book so you can solve this fun and quick witted puzzle mystery!

36 YALTA BOULEVARD, by Olen Steinhauer: Steinhauer earned this subtle and intelligent political thriller starred reviews from both Booklist and Library Journal.
PAST TENSE, by Catherine Aird: This elegant and mischievious whodunit earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
THE CURSE-MAKER, by Kelli Stanley: Booklist calls this one "an engrossing mystery, in which the first murder leads to a typically Roman orgy of revenge," with "fascinating and never heavy-handed information on Roman life," (yep, a starred review for this one, as well).

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Barry Picking!

Barry Picking!

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Ali Fisher

Every year the crime fiction connoisseurs over at Deadly Pleasures offer awards of excellence to exceptional novels and short stories in several categories. The 2011 Barry Award nominees have been posted! 

THE LOCK ARTIST by Steve Hamilton and BURY YOUR DEAD by Louise Penny have been nominated for the Barry Award for Best Novel of 2011!

THE POACHER’S SON by Paul Doiron and THE HOLY THIEF by William Ryan have been nominated for Best First Novel!

BLOOD HARVEST by S. J. Bolton has been nominated for Best British Novel!

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And the EDGAR nominees are…

And the EDGAR nominees are…

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Talia Sherer

Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce on the 202nd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its Nominees for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2010. [...]

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