BEST NOVEL

Ace Atkins THE RANGER
Mo Hayder -  GONE
Keigo Higashino THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X
Anne Holt 1222
Philip Kerr FIELD GRAY

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

Edward Conlon RED ON RED
David Duffy LAST TO FOLD
Leonard Rosen ALL CRY CHAOS
Lori Roy  - BENT ROAD
Steve Ulfelder PURGATORY CHASM

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Robert Jackson Bennett -  THE COMPANY MAN
Lucretia Grindle THE FACES OF ANGELS
Russell Hill THE DOG SOX
Michael Stanley DEATH OF THE MANTIS
Frank Tallis VIENNA TWILIGHT

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Dan Burstein, Arne de Keijzer & John-Henri Holmberg -
  The Tattooed Girl: The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets
   Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of our Time
John Curran -  Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making
Michael Dirda -  On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling
Philippa Gates -  Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film
Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick - Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds and Marnie

BEST SHORT STORY

John C. Boland - "Marley's Revolution" - Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
David Dean - "Tomorrow's Dead" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Bradley Denton - "The Adakian Eagle" - Down These Strange Streets
Diana Gabaldon - "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies" - DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS
Neil Gaiman - "The Case of Death and Honey" - A STUDY IN SHERLOCK
Peter Turnbull - "The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train" -Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD
David Ingram - "A Good Man of Business" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

GRAND MASTER

Martha Grimes

RAVEN AWARDS

M is for Mystery Bookstore, San Mateo, CA
Molly Weston, Meritorious Mysteries

ELLERY QUEEN AWARD

Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post/Hearst Media News Group

THE SIMON & SCHUSTER - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD
(Presented at MWA's Agents & Editors Party on Wednesday, April 25, 2012)

S. J. Bolton - NOW YOU SEE ME
Hallie Ephron - COME AND FIND ME
Janice Hamrick - DEATH ON TOUR
Sara J. Henry - LEARNING TO SWIM
Tracy Kiely - MURDER MOST PERSUASIVE

Best Novel:
Donna Andrews - THE REAL MACAW
Krista Davis - THE DIVA HAUNTS THE HOUSE
G. M. Mailliet - WICKED AUTUMN
Margaret Maron - THREE-DAY TOWN
Louise Penny - A TRICK OF THE LIGHT

Best First Novel:
Janet Bolin - DIRE THREADS
Kaye George - CHOKE
Sara J. Henry - LEARNING TO SWIM
Rochelle Staab - WHO DO, VOODOO?
Kari Lee Townsend - TEMPEST IN THE TEA LEAVES

Best Non-fiction:
Leslie Budewitz - BOOKS, CROOKS AND COUNSELORS: How To Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure
John Curran - AGATHA CHRISTIE: MURDER IN THE MAKING: More Stories and Secrets From Her Notebooks
Michael Dirda - ON CONAN DOYLE: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling
A.B. Emrys - WILKIE COLLINS, VERA CASPARY AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CASEBOOK NOVEL
Charlaine Harris - THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION

Best Short Story:
Dana Cameron - "Disarming" - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Krista Davis - "Dead Eye Gravy" FISH TALES: The Guppy Anthology
Daryl Wood Gerber - "Palace by the Lake" FISH TALES: The Guppy Anthology
Barb Goffman - "Truth and Consequences" - MYSTERY TIMES TEN
Roberta Isleib - "The Itinerary" MWA PRESENTS THE RICH AND THE DEAD

Best Historical Novel:
Rhys Bowen - NAUGHTY IN NICE
J. J. Murphy - MURDER YOUR DARLINGS
Ann Parker - MERCURY'S RISE
Jeri Westerson - TROUBLED BONES
Jacqueline Winspear - A LESSON IN SECRETS

BLOODY WORDS XII June 1-3, 2012 Toronto, Canada
Guest of Honor - Linwood Barclay
International Guest of Honor - Gayle Lynds
Master of Ceremonies - Rick Blechta
NEW: The Bloody Words Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award
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BOUCHERCON 43 October 4-7, 2012 Cleveland, Ohio
American Guest of Honor - Elizabeth George
Distinguished Contribution to the Genre - Robin Cook
Lifetime Achievement Award - Mary Higgins Clark
Special Cleveland Guest of Honor - Les Roberts
Fan Guest of Honor - Doris Ann Norris
Toastmaster - John Connolly
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