May 01, 2007
2007 Edgar Awards Announced
The Edgar Awards are named in honor of Edgar Allen Poe. They are awarded annually for best mystery novel. The award is sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America.
Best Novel
Jason Goodwin. The Janissary Tree
The Janissary Tree is the first in the series, and the year is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the sultan of the Ottoman Empire feels he has no choice but to follow suit. But just as he's poised to announce sweeping political change, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind the killings?
Best Juvenile
Andrew Clements. Room One: A Mystery or Two
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.
Best Young Adult
Robin Merrow MacCready. Buried
Posted by Grace at May 1, 2007 04:39 PM
