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Post by librarylady on Jul 13, 2022 1:11:43 GMT
I recently learned of this award. It made a nice place to seek a good mystery to read.
The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no explicit sex, excessive gore or gratuitous violence, and are not classified as 'hard-boiled.'"[1] At an annual convention in Washington, D.C.,[2] the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, in six categories: Best Novel; Best First Mystery; Best Historical Novel; Best Short Story; Best Non-Fiction; Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Additionally, in some years the Poirot Award is presented to honor individuals other than writers who have made outstanding contributions to the mystery genre, but it is not an annual award.
Early meetings of the Malice Domestic Committee occurred in fall 1987, with the first convention held on April 21–23, 1989, in Silver Spring, MD.[3][4] Malice Domestic Ltd was incorporated in 1992. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors.[5]
List of winning books here:
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Post by tampascrapper on Jul 13, 2022 1:33:04 GMT
That’s awesome! Thanks for the link to the books
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Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Jul 13, 2022 5:33:35 GMT
Thanks so much for this list! I often feel like I've read ALL the mysteries (at least all the ones I'm interested in), but there are some appealing new ones and also some authors I'd forgotten about.
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