The Agatha Award winners

And thanks to Jiro, I’m just stealing the press release:

Malice Domestic announced the slate of nominees for the Agatha Awards for the best mystery works of 2004.

Malice Domestic Award for LIfetime Achievement

H. R. F. Keating

Poirot Award

Angela Lansbury

Best Novel

Birds of a Feather, by Jacqueline Winspear (Soho Press)

Best First Novel

Dating Dead Men, by Harley Jane Kozak (Doubleday)

Best Nonfiction

Private Eye-Lashes: Radio’s Lady Detectives, by Jack French (Bear Manor Media)

Best Short Story

“Wedding Knife” by Elaine Viets (from Chesapeake Crimes; Coordinating Editor: Donna Andrews;

Quiet Storm Publishing)

Best Children’s/Young Adult Novel

Chasing Vermeer, by Blue Balliett (Scholastic Press)

Those attending the Malice Domestic conference (April 29 – May 1, 2005)

voted for the winners of the awards. The winners were acknowledged and

receive their awards at the Agatha Banquet on April 30, 2005 at the

Crystal Gateway Marriott hotel in Arlington, Virginia. To learn more

about Malice Domestic or how to register for the conference, please

visit the web site at www.malicedomestic.org.

Congratulations to all the winners!