And the Winners Are…
BEST NOVEL
Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin (Little, Brown)
BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel (Soho Press)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
Find Me Again by Sylvia Maultash Warsh (Dundurn Group)
BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL
Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson (Bloomsbury)
BEST FACT CRIME
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Random House – Crown Books)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Maids” – Blood on Their Hands by G. Miki Hayden (Berkley Prime Crime)
BEST YOUNG ADULT
Acceleration by Graham McNamee (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Childrens)
BEST JUVENILE
Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfry by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)
BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY
The Practice – “Goodbye”, Teleplay by Peter Blake & David E. Kelley
BEST MOTION PICTURE SCREENPLAY
Dirty Pretty Things by Steve Knight (BBC, Celador Productions, Jonescompany)
I’m so glad Dirty Pretty Things won something. I thought this was one of the best films of 2003 and overlooked in the movie awards, at least that I’m aware of.
I headed the Edgar Best Movie committee this year … and obviously I agree!
Miki! Miki! Miki!
Oh yes–a huge roar went up when she won. Very cool to see.