Mystery Writers of America

Mo Hayder takes home the Edgar for Best Novel

2012 Edgar Awards: The Glamorous Side of Crime

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

April 27, 2012

Authors aren’t used to being gawked at. But gather them together in a fancy ballroom and something magical happens: You soon discover that they gawk at each other. “Isn’t that Linda Fairstein?” whispered the woman next to me, an award-winning author herself. Um. . . yes. Yes, it was Linda Fairstein. And the woman opposite…

(L to R) Best Novel Nominee Steve Hamilton, Presenter Laura Lippman, Nominee Tom Franklin, Presenter Harlan Coben, Nominee Tim Hallinan/ Matthew Peyton Photography

2011 Edgar Awards: A Night of Unspeakable Glamour

By Bruce DeSilva

May 4, 2011

In my imagination, mystery novelists spend long days writing in T-shirts and jeans (or maybe their underwear) pounding out the stories that keep the rest of us reading late into the night. But last Thursday, they waltzed into Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt Hotel in sharp-creased black tie and glittering gowns. Harlan Coben looked right at home…