Louise Penny Wins Agatha
(ルイーズ・ペニーがアガサ賞受賞)
Malice Domestics announced the winners for the 2013 Agatha Awards as follows:
Best Novel: THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
Best First Novel: LOWCOUNTRY BOIL, by Susan M. Boyer (Henery Press)
Best Non-Fiction: BOOKS TO DIE FOR, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke (Atria Books)
Best Short Story: “Mischief in Mesopotamia,” by Dana Cameron (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, November 2012)
Best Children/Young Adult Novel: THE CODE BUSTERS CLUB, CASE #2: THE HOUNTED LIGHTHOUSE: by Penny Warner (EGMONT USA)
Best Historical Novel: DANDY GILVER AND AN UNSUITABLE DAY FOR MURDER, by Catriona McPherson (Minotaur)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Aaron Elkins
Amelia Award: Carolyn Hart