Fabulous February

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I never thought I'd like the month of February. It's usually dreary and cold and, if not snowing, it's raining and chilly.

But this February has proven to be amazing.

Sunday evening kind of capped it all off. I got a phone call informing me that my short story, "The Butler Didn't Do It" (Chesapeake Crimes, ISBN:0974960802) is nominated for an Agatha Award. I'm totally gobsmacked. All I could say was "OMG! OMG!" The Agatha is one of the top 3 awards given by the mystery community.




Best Novel

We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews,
Thomas Dunne Books

By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman,
HarperCollins

High Country Fall by Margaret Maron,
Mysterious Press

The Pearl Diver by Sujata Massey,
HarperCollins

Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear,
Soho Press

Best First Novel

Till The Cows Come Home by Judy Clemens,
Poisoned Pen Press

Arson and Old Lace by Patricia Harwin,
Pocket Books

I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason by Susan Kandel,
HarperCollins

Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak,
Doubleday

The Clovis Incident: A Mystery by Pari Noskin Taichert,
University of New Mexico Press

Best Nonfiction

Private Eye-Lashes: Radio's Lady Detectives by Jack French,
Bear Manor Media

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories, edited with notes by Leslie Klinger,
W. W. Norton & Company

Best Short Story

"The Butler Didn't Do It" by Maria Y. Lima from Chesapeake Crimes,
Coordinating Editor: Donna Andrews,
Quiet Storm Publishing

"The Two Marys" by Katherine Hall Page from Mistletoe and Mayhem,
Avon Books

"Wedding Knife" by Elaine Viets from Chesapeake Crimes,
Coordinating Editor: Donna Andrews,
Quiet Storm Publishing

Best Children's/Young Adult Novel

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett,
Scholastic Press

Betrayal at Cross Creek by Kathleen Ernst,
American Girl

Green Streak: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery by Daniel J. Hale and Matthew LaBrot,
Top Publications


I am in distinguished company.