2007 MACAVITY AWARDS

The Macavity Awards for 2007 were recently announced by Mystery Readers International,

the largest mystery fan/reader organization in the world...open to all readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers.

Named for T.S. Eliot's "Mystery Cat", the award is given to books published the previous year (in this case, 2006) and chosen by the members of MRI.

Best Mystery Novel:
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (MYS PIC)

Best First Novel:
Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone

Best Nonfiction:
Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers edited by Jim Huang and Austin Lugar

Best Short Story:
"Til Death Do Us Part" by Tim Maleeny (MWA Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder, edited by Harlan Coben

Sue Feder Historical Mystery:
Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen (MYS BOW)