The Macavity Awards

The Macavity Awards er kriminallitterære priser som utdeles årlig siden 1987 av Mystery Readers International, en USA-basert organisasjon for lesere, fans, kritikere, redaktører, utgivere og forfattere av kriminallitteratur med medlemmer i 19 land (2007). Foreningens medlemmer nominerer og stemmer fram vinnerne.

Prisen har fått navn etter the Mystery Cat i T.S. Eliots Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (og musikal Cats).

Prisklassene har variert noe, men var i 2009:

• Best Mystery Novel, for årets beste krimroman
• Best First Mystery Novel, for årets beste debutarbeide
• Best Nonfiction, for årets beste sakprosabok om kriminallitteratur eller relaterte emner
• Best Short Story, for beste krimnovelle
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award, for beste historiske krimroman

Prisvinnere

1987

• Best Novel: P. D. James, for A Taste for Death
• Best First Novel: Faye Kellerman, for The Ritual Bath og Marilyn Wallace, for A Case of Loyalties
• Best Critical/Biographical: Marcia Muller og Bill Prozini, for 1001 Midnights
• Best Short Story: Sue Grafton, for The Parker Shotgun

1988

• Best Novel: Nancy Pickard, for Marriage is Murder
• Best First Novel: Robert Crais, for The Monkey's Raincoat
• Best Critical/Biographical: Bill Prozini, for Son of Gun in Cheek
• Best Short Story: Robert Barnard, for The Woman in the Wardrobe

1989

• Best Novel: Tony Hillerman, for A Thief of Time
• Best First Novel: Caroline Graham, for The Killings at Badger's Drift
• Best Critical/Biographical: Victoria Nichols og Susan Thompson, for Silk Stalkings
• Best Short Story: Doug Allyn, for Deja Vu

1990

• Best Novel: Carolyn Hart, for A Little Class on Murder
• Best First Novel: Jill Churchill, for Grime and Punishment
• Best Critical/Biographical: H.R.F. Keating, for The Bedside Companion to Crime
• Best Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for Afraid All the Time

1991

• Best Novel: Sharyn McCrumb, for If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O
• Best First Novel: Patricia Cornwell, for Postmortem
• Best Critical/Biographical: Gillian Gill, for Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries
• Best Short Story: Joan Hess, for Too Much to Bare

1992

• Best Novel: Nancy Pickard, for I.O.U.
• Best First Novel: Mary Willis Walker for Zero at the Bone og Sue Henry for Murder on the Iditarod Trail
• Best Critical/Biographical: Tony Hillerman og Ernie Bulow, for Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman
• Best Short Story: Margaret Maron, for Deborah's Judgement

1993

• Best Novel: Margaret Maron, for Bootlegger's Daughter
• Best First Novel: Barbara Neely, for Blanche on the Lam
• Best Critical/Biographical: Ellen Nehr, for Doubleday Crime Club Compendium
• Best Short Story: Carolyn Hart, for Henrie O's Holiday

1994

• Best Novel: Minette Walters, for The Sculptress
• Best First Novel: Sharan Newman, for Death Comes as Epiphany
• Best Critical/Biographical: Ed Gorman, for The Fine Art of Murder
• Best Short Story: Susan Dunlap, for Checkout

1995

• Best Novel: Sharyn McCrumb, for She Walks These Hills
• Best First Novel: Jeff Abbott, for Do Unto Others
• Best Critical/Biographical: Dean James og Jean Swanson, for By a Woman's Hand
• Best Short Story: Deborah Adams, for Cast Your Fate to the Wind og Jan Burke for Unharmed

1996

• Best Mystery Novel: Mary Willis Walker, for Under the Beetle's Cellar
• Best First Mystery Novel: Dianne Day, for The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
• Best Critical/Biographical: Willetta L. Heising, for Detecting Women
• Best Mystery Short Story: Colin Dexter, for Evans Tries an O-Level

1997

• Best Mystery Novel: Peter Lovesey, for Bloodhounds
• Best First Mystery Novel: Dale Furutani, for Death in Little Tokyo
• Best Non-Fiction: Wiletta Heising: Detecting Women 2
• Best Mystery Short Story: Carolyn Wheat, for Cruel & Unusual

1998

• Best Mystery Novel: Deborah Crombie, for Dreaming of the Bones
• Best First Mystery Novel: Penny Warner, for Dead Body Language
• Best Non-Fiction: Jan Grape, Dean James og Ellen Nehr, for Deadly Women
• Best Mystery Short Story: Peter Robinson, for Two Ladies of Rose Cottage

1999

• Best Mystery Novel: Michael Connelly, for Blood Work
• Best First Mystery Novel: Jerrilyn Farmer, for Sympathy for the Devil
• Best Critical/Biographical: Jean Swanson og Dean James, for Killer Books
• Best Mystery Short Story: Barbara d'Amato, for Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable

2000

• Best Mystery Novel: Sujata Massey, for The Flower Master
• Best First Mystery Novel: Payula L. Woods, for Inner City Blues
• Best Non-Fiction: Tom Nolan, for Ross Macdonald
• Best Mystery Short Story: Kate Grilley, for Maubi and the Jumbies

2001

• Best Mystery Novel: Val McDermid, for A Place of Execution
• Best First Mystery Novel: David Liss, for A Conspiracy of Paper
• Best Non-Fiction: Marvin Lachman, for The American Regional Mystery
• Best Mystery Short Story: Reginald Hill, for A Candle for Christmas

2002

• Best Mystery Novel: Laurie R. King, for Folly
• Best First Mystery Novel: C. J. Box, for Open Season
• Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work: G. Miki Hayden, for Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional
• Best Mystery Short Story: Jan Burke, for The Abbey Ghosts

2003

• Best Mystery Novel: S. J. Rozan, for Winter and Night
• Best First Mystery Novel: Julia Spencer-Fleming, for In the Bleak Midwinter
• Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work: Jim Huang, for They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels
• Best Mystery Short Story: Janet Dawson, for Voice Mail

2004

• Best Mystery Novel: Peter Lovesey, for The House Sitter
• Best First Mystery Novel: Jacqueline Winspear, for Maisie Dobbs
• Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work: Make Mine a Mystery: Gary Warren Niebuhr, A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction
• Best Mystery Short Story: Sandy Balzo, for The Grass Is Always Greener

2005

• Best Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen, for The Killing of the Tinkers
• Best First Mystery Novel: Harley Jane Kozak, for Dating Dead Men
• Best Nonfiction: D.P. Lyle, for Forensics for Dummies
• Best Short Story: Terrence Faherty, for The Widow of Slane

2006

• Best Mystery Novel: Michael Connelly, for The Lincoln Lawyer
• Best First Mystery Novel: Brian Freeman, for Immoral
• Best Nonfiction: Melaine Rehak, for Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
• Best Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for There Is No Crime on Easter Island
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Jacqueline Winspear, for Pardonable Lies

2007

• Best Mystery Novel: Nancy Pickard, for The Virgin of Small Plains
• Best First Mystery Novel: Nick Stone, for Mr. Clarinet
• Best Nonfiction: Jim Huang og Austin Lugar, for Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers
• Best Short Story: Tim Maleeny, for Till Death Do Us Part
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rhys Bowen, for Oh Danny Boy

2008

• Best Mystery Novel: Laura Lippman, for What the Dead Know
• Best First Mystery Novel: Tana French, for In the Woods
• Best Nonfiction: Roger Sobin, for The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians
• Best Short Story: Rhys Bowen, for Please Watch Your Step
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Ariana Franklin, for Mistress of the Art of Death

2009

• Best Mystery Novel: Deborah Crombie, for Where Memories Lie
• Best First Mystery: Stieg Larsson, for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)
• Best Nonfiction: Frankie Y. Bailey, for African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study
• Best Short Story: Dana Cameron, for The Night Things Changed
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rhys Bowen, for A Royal Pain

2010

• Best Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen og Reed Farrel Coleman, for Tower
• Best First Mystery: Alan Bradley, for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
• Best Nonfiction: P. D. James, for Talking About Detective Fiction
• Best Short Story: Hank Phillippi Ryan, for On The House
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rebecca Cantrell, for A Trace of Smoke

2011

• Best Mystery Novel: Louise Penny, for Bury Your Dead
• Best First Mystery: Bruce DeSilva, for Rogue Island
• Best Short Story: Dana Cameron, for Swing Shift
• Best Nonfiction: John Curran, for Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Kelli Stanley, for City of Dragons

2012

• Best Mystery Novel: Sara Gran, for Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
• Best First Mystery: Leonard Rosen, for All Cry Chaos
• Best Short Story: Dana Cameron, for Disarming
• Best Nonfiction: Charlaine Harris, for The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Catriona McPherson, for Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains

2013

• Best Mystery Novel: Louise Penny, for The Beautiful Mystery
• Best First Mystery: Daniel Friedman, for Don't Ever Get Old
• Best Short Story: Barb Goffman, for The Lord is My Shamus
• Best Nonfiction: John Connolly og Declan Burke, for Books to Die For
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Charles Todd, for An Unmarked Grave

2014

• Best Mystery Novel: William Kent Krueger, for Ordinary Grace
• Best First Mystery: Terry Shames, for A Killing at Cotton Hill
• Best Short Story: Art Taylor, for The Care and Feeding of Houseplants
• Best Nonfiction: Daniel Stashower, for The Hour of Peril
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: David Morrell, for Murder as a Fine Art

2015

• Best Mystery Novel: Alex Marwood, for The Killer Next Door
• Best First Mystery: Julia Dahl, for Invisible City
• Best Short Story: Craig Faustus Buck, for Honeymoon Sweet
• Best Nonfiction: Hank Phillippi Ryan (redaktør), for Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Catriona McPherson, for A Deadly Measure of Brimstonet

2016

• Best Mystery Novel: Lou Berney, for The Long and Faraway Gone
• Best First Mystery: Glen Erik Hamiltonl, for Past Crimes
• Best Short Story: Megan Abbott, for The Little Men
• Best Nonfiction: Martin Edwards, for The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story
• The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Susanna Calkins, for The Masque of a Murderer

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