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2014’s Edgar Awards: A Grand Night for Books

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

May 6, 2014

I considered titling this post “The Night I Hugged John Connolly,” but that might sound like I’m showing off. So I’ll begin my recap of the 68th annual Edgar Awards gala banquet at the nominees’ cocktail party, the prelude to the grandest evening in the mystery community’s year. In a reception room at the Grand…

Announcing 2014’s Edgar Nominees (and Our Own Winner)!

By Crime HQ

January 17, 2014

After last month's announcement of two new Grandmasters and the Raven Award winner, Mystery Writers of America has announced the rest of the shortlist of award nominees and special winners.  The Edgars banquet—an annual black-tie gala celebrating crime fiction, non-fiction, and television writing—will be held on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel…