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"Secretly Selected" [VALL]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.theedgars.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6KVP-WNNuK7HcSN-l_fTkMtwwEVCRc9Zc1rkq0w0LnJYtKQ3jmQE0FZNr18HLlDXFC4pW1tz21akSKTc1EDDhYsOlZZMpAaVqkNfN3qjkvhBTtuvUvsnAaUCbK9jzS-3TjxluRytYr9-/s200/Edgar.gif" /></a></div>Earlier this week, the <a href="http://www.mysterywriters.org/">Mystery Writers of America</a> announced their <a href="http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html">nominations for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards</a> (commonly referred to as "The Edgars"). While not quite a banner year for nominations as 2007 (there were<a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/01/your-merits-should-be-publicly.html"> seven Sherlock Holmes-related nominees</a>), we're very happy to see <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes For Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Steven Doyle, BSI ("The 'Western Morning News'") in the Critical/Biographical category. The press announcement began thusly: <blockquote>Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce on the 202nd anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its Nominees for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2010. The Edgar® Awards will be presented to the winners at our 65th Gala Banquet, April 28, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.</blockquote> Below are a few categories of nominees. If you'd like to see the full list, please <a href="http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html">click here</a>. BEST NOVEL <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Caught-Harlan-Coben/dp/052595158X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Caught</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=052595158X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Harlan Coben (Penguin Group USA - Dutton)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Letter-Novel/dp/0060594667?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0060594667" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Tom Franklin (HarperCollins – William Morrow)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Faithful-Place-Novel-Tana-French/dp/0670021873?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Faithful Place</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0670021873" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Tana French (Penguin Group USA - Viking)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Patpong-Rafferty-Thriller-Thrillers/dp/0061672262?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Queen of Patpong</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061672262" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Timothy Hallinan (HarperCollins – William Morrow)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lock-Artist-Novel-Steve-Hamilton/dp/B004HB1D7M?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Lock Artist</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004HB1D7M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Id-Know-You-Anywhere-Novel/dp/0061706558?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">I’d Know You Anywhere</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061706558" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins – William Morrow)</li></ul> BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rogue-Island-Bruce-DeSilva/dp/0765327260?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Rogue Island</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0765327260" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Bruce DeSilva (Tom Doherty Associates – Forge Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poachers-Son-Mike-Bowditch-Mysteries/dp/0312558465?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Poacher’s Son</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312558465" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Paul Doiron (Minotaur Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Serialist-Novel-David-Gordon/dp/1439158487?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Serialist: A Novel</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1439158487" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by David Gordon (Simon & Schuster)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Galveston-Novel-Nic-Pizzolatto/dp/B004E3XD1M?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Galveston</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004E3XD1M" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Nic Pizzolatto (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Angels-James-Thompson/dp/0399156178?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Snow Angels</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0399156178" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by James Thompson (Penguin Group USA – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)</li></ul> BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Long-Time-Coming-Robert-Goddard/dp/0385343612?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Long Time Coming</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385343612" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Robert Goddard (Random House - Bantam)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/News-Where-You-Are-Novel/dp/0805091807?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The News Where You Are</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0805091807" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Catherine O’Flynn (Henry Holt)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Expiration-Date-Duane-Swierczynski/dp/0312363400?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Expiration Date</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312363400" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Duane Swierczynski (Minotaur Books)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vienna-Secrets-Liebermann-Mystery-Mortalis/dp/0812980999?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Vienna Secrets</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0812980999" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Frank Tallis (Random House Trade Paperbacks)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Little-Herrings-L-Tyler/dp/0330472135?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Ten Little Herrings</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0330472135" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by L.C. Tyler (Felony & Mayhem Press)</li></ul> BEST FACT CRIME <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scoreboard-Baby-Football-Complicity-ebook/dp/B004D4Z6IK?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004D4Z6IK" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></li><li>by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry (University of Nebraska Press – Bison Original)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Willie-McGee-Tragedy-Secrets/dp/0061284157?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in Jim Crow South</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061284157" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Alex Heard (HarperCollins)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Chandra-Washington-Murder-Mystery/dp/1439138672?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1439138672" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz (Simon & Schuster - Scribner)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hellhound-His-Trail-Stalking-International/dp/0385523920?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr and the International Hunt for his Assassin</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385523920" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Hampton Sides (Random House - Doubleday)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Little-Shepherds-Forensic-Science/dp/0307266192?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0307266192" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Douglas Starr (Alfred A. Knopf)</li></ul> BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Truth-Be-Told/dp/B004H8GM44?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Wire: Truth Be Told</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004H8GM44" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Rafael Alvarez (Grove Atlantic – Grove Press)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christies-Secret-Notebooks-Mysteries/dp/B004E3XI8A?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004E3XI8A" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by John Curran (HarperCollins)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes for Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Steven Doyle and David A. Crowder (Wiley)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Chan-Honorable-Detective-Rendezvous/dp/0393069621?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendevouz with American History</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0393069621" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Yunte Huang (W.W. Norton)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thrillers-100-Must-Reads-David-Morrell/dp/1933515562?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Thrillers: 100 Must Reads</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1933515562" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)</li></ul> BEST JUVENILE <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zora-Me-Victoria-Bond/dp/0763643009?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Zora and Me</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0763643009" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon (Candlewick Press)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Buddy-Files-Case-Lost-Book/dp/0807509329?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0807509329" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Co.)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Charles-Dickens-Lewis-Buzbee/dp/0312382561?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Haunting of Charles Dickens</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0312382561" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Lewis Buzbee (Feiwel & Friends)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Griff-Carver-Hallway-Patrol-Krieg/dp/1595142762?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Griff Carver: Hallway Patrol</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1595142762" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Jim Krieg (Penguin Young Readers Group - Razorbill)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Ms-Finkleman/dp/0061965413?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061965413" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Ben H. Winters (HarperCollins Children’s Books)</li></ul> BEST YOUNG ADULT <ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/River-Mary-Jane-Beaufrand/dp/0316041688?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The River</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0316041688" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Mary Jane Beaufrand (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Please-Ignore-Vera-Dietz-King/dp/0375865861?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Please Ignore Vera Dietz</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0375865861" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by A.S. King (Random House Children’s Books – Alfred A. Knopf)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/7-Souls-Barnabas-Miller/dp/0385736738?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">7 Souls</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385736738" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Barnabas Miller and Jordan Orlando (Random House Children’s Books – Delacorte Press)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Interrogation-Gabriel-James-Charlie-Price/dp/0374335451?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Interrogation of Gabriel James</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0374335451" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Charlie Price (Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers)</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dust-City-Robert-Paul-Weston/dp/1595142967?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dust City</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1595142967" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> by Robert Paul Weston (Penguin Young Readers Group - Razorbill)</li></ul> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thebakerstree-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0470484446&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> Please consider visiting our sponsors (in the right column and footer of the site) from time to time. 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"Secretly Selected" [VALL]

Earlier this week, the Mystery Writers of America announced their nominations for the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Awards (commonly referred to as...

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by Scott Monty

The Strand Magazine to Receive Special Edgar

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“American Exchange, Strand—” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoZt2ImPCdYv7-W4Pd6SMoy7KWWYcfkNRje2lu5QK721Uq0ES2ib1y2Akq26rShBTt0qJ-0rbd2j4pvwo0viqCQ0uvTlv9uZwXSbEjRZZnSSbC_FOnPBbPL2GBPd21OwBmz3OCCwwYgdyXwXLoxqo2Uf80O6ZP4kYu8EmIlsN1wysCbWnQBSoOvtGpWA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="640" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoZt2ImPCdYv7-W4Pd6SMoy7KWWYcfkNRje2lu5QK721Uq0ES2ib1y2Akq26rShBTt0qJ-0rbd2j4pvwo0viqCQ0uvTlv9uZwXSbEjRZZnSSbC_FOnPBbPL2GBPd21OwBmz3OCCwwYgdyXwXLoxqo2Uf80O6ZP4kYu8EmIlsN1wysCbWnQBSoOvtGpWA=w640-h438" width="640" /></a></div> <a href="https://strandmag.com/" target="_blank">The Strand Magazine</a> has been selected as the recipient of a Special Award in this year's Edgar® Awards. Every January 19th, Mystery Writers of America announces the nominees for Edgars (January 19th being Poe's birthday), honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television published or produced the previous year. This year marks the 214th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe.<a href="https://mysterywriters.org/" target="_blank">Mystery Writers of America</a> is the premier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime-writing field, aspiring crime writers, and those who are devoted to the genre. MWA is dedicated to promoting higher regard for crime writing and recognition and respect for those who write within the genre. They provide scholarships for writers, sponsor MWA Literacy programs, sponsor symposia and conferences, present the Edgar® Awards, and conduct other activities to further a better appreciation and higher regard for crime writing.<a href="https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2023-edgar-award-nominations/" target="_blank">The 2023 Edgar Nominations</a> were announced today and contain a wide variety of material. Of particular note is the naming of The Strand Magazine as recipient of the Ellery Queen Award, one of the categories of Special Awards. <h3 style="text-align: left;">The Ellery Queen Award</h3><a href="https://edgarawards.com/category-list-the-ellery-queen-award/" target="_blank">The Ellery Queen Award</a> was established in 1983 to honor “outstanding writing teams and outstanding people in the mystery-publishing industry.” According to the press release,<blockquote>“This year the Board chose to honor The Strand Magazine, a bimonthly periodical known as much for its incisive articles about the mystery world and its practitioners and penetrating interviews with top authors like James Patterson and Lee Child, as for unearthing lost short stories penned by now-dead literary greats, such as a 600-word short story by Raymond Chandler, written in the 1950s toward the end of his life, as well as the forgotten fiction of such giants as Dashiell Hammett, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams and H.G. Wells.”</blockquote>Andrew Gulli, managing editor of The Strand—in print for 25 years—said,<blockquote>“When The Strand started 25 years ago, we had no idea how big it would get. So, it’s great to see The Strand being honored with the Ellery Queen Award from Mystery Writers of America. MWA has always felt more like a community—one in which I’ve formed strong friendships and where The Strand has found some of its best authors. As a print publication with a strong online presence, The Strand has had to continuously adapt to an ever-changing industry and being honored with the Ellery Queen Award from MWA serves as definite proof that print is not only alive but kicking! Here’s to another 25 years!”</blockquote> It's a testament to the hard work, ingenuity, and consistency that Gulli has brought to the publication over the two and a half decades he's been at the helm.Longtime listeners of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere may remember our conversation with Andrew Gulli in Season 11 on <a href="https://ihose.co/ihose139" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 139: The Strand Magazine</a>:<iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="4368" data-dashlane-rid="5ac404a4c9751a21" data-form-type="" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6316032/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/46352a/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe> (Archives of IHOSE can be found at <a href="http://ihose.co/ihoseshows">ihose.co/ihoseshows</a> or through the "Listen" navigation on the website.)Recipients will gather for the 77th Annual Edgar Awards Ceremony on April 27, 2023 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City.

The Strand Magazine to Receive Special Edgar

“American Exchange, Strand—” [STUD] The Strand Magazine has been selected as the recipient of a Special Award in this year's Edgar® Aw...

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An Eyewitness Account of the Edgars and Agathas

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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes for Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> had the honor of being nominated for both an Edgar Award, and an Agatha Award for non-fiction mystery book of the year. What follows is a brief diary of my recent, amazing trip to both the Edgar Awards in New York City, and the Agatha Awards at the Malice Domestic Convention in Bethesda, Maryland. For a more exciting, as-it-happened account, see the video embedded below. 
 
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"You remind me of Edgar..."[STUD]</h4>
Wednesday, April 27 
10:45 a.m.: My wife Pam and I departed for NY without incident from the Indianapolis Airport, unless you factor in the extra security screening Pam got because she had a tissue in her pants pocket. Really? Knowing no one can hijack the plane with a tissue now is a big comfort. 
 
1:00 p.m.: All checked into our mid-town hotel, and just heading over to a favorite diner Sherlockians while in New York, <a href="http://www.theredflamediner.com/">The Red Flame</a>. Wow! It’s been remodeled (again), inside and out. It’s nice, but I’m kinda missing the old Flame. 
 
7:30 p.m.: After an afternoon of goofing off, it’s time for dinner at the<a href="http://www.oysterbarny.com/"> Oyster Bar at Grand Central</a> with Pam’s brothers and their families. They are attending the Edgar Awards with us, offering moral support. That is really great! 
 
Thursday, April 28 
6:30 p.m.: What a day. First the 9/11 museum at Ground Zero on a cold, rainy day. Very sobering (and coincidentally just three days before they caught Bin Laden). But now, it’s time for the Nominee Reception at the Grand Hyatt for the Edgars. Feeling at first a bit like the guy who crashed the party, but soon I’m pinching myself as Pam and I stand there chatting away with mystery fiction icons <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Sarah%20Peretsky" target="_blank">Sarah Peretsky</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, and then <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Mary%20Higgins%20Clark" target="_blank">Mary Higgins Clark</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Unbelievable. 
 
7:30 p.m.: After seeing many Sherlockian friends [Les Klinger, Dan Stashower, Peter Crupe, Lindsay Faye] it is awards time. I’m at the Wiley Publishing table, with my family and the gang from Wiley. Alas, Sherlock Holmes for Dummies lost to the Charlie Chan book...oh, well! It is still an unbelievable experience. 
 
11:00 p.m.: Sitting in an Irish pub [<a href="http://www.patrickconways.com/">Patrick Conway's</a>] ’round the corner from Grand Central Station with my family, celebrating the experience. Hooray! On to the Agathas! 
 
 
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"I met Agatha..." [CHAS]</h4>
Friday, April 29 
11:30 a.m.: Pam and I depart from Penn Station for Washington. DC via Amtrak. Wow...that train station is insane ["...and lead us not into Penn Station"? -Ed.]. We arrive in DC, catch a cab to the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, and check in. My brother Patrick, an antiquarian bookseller, arrives from Indiana to accompany us on this leg of the adventure. 
 
4:00 p.m.: I register us, and then dash down to the opening ceremony of Malice Domestic, the convention that is giving out the Agatha Awards. I can see right away that the audience, which is 90% women, is not Sherlock’s crowd. 
 
7:00 p.m.: All the Sherlockians on hand gather for dinner in the hotel restaurant. Peter Blau and Bev Wolov, Dan Stashower, Julie McKuras, and us. Really, it is these moments that make these events truly memorable. 
 
Saturday, April 30 
All Day: The day is made up of sessions, books signings, panel discussions, and shopping in the dealers room. I participate in a panel discussion with all the non-fiction authors who are nominated, and follow it up with a book signing. It’s a lot of fun! Along the way we meet many, many more authors, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Sue%20Grafton" target="_blank">Sue Grafton</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Carol%20Nelson%20Douglas" target="_blank">Carol Nelson Douglas</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. What a great day! 
 
7:00 p.m.: The Agatha Awards Banquet arrives. Wow. For those who think the BSI Dinner is big, they should experience a 500-seat banquet! Unbelievable (and for my taste, too big…) Alas, Sherlock lost out to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christies-Secret-Notebooks-ebook/dp/B002RI9OY6?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Secret Diaries of Agatha Christie</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002RI9OY6" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, as I knew it would. There’s no way a book on Agatha Christie is going to lose an award named after Agatha Christie. But no hard feelings, as once again it was a fantastic experience and great fun. 
 
Here's the whirlwind tour <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3KOwdr5bk&feature=related">in video</a>: 
 
 
 
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Well, the next day we headed home, back to real life, but still savoring the amazing, amazing experiences we had. Sherlock Holmes for Dummies has been out almost exactly a year...and what a year it has been. And what a way to conclude the promotion of the book. Thanks to everyone who bought a copy! If you'd like to keep following our adventures, please join us on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sherlock-Holmes-for-Dummies/129581877077394">Sherlock Holmes for Dummies Facebook page</a>. 
 
Postscript: Sherlock Holmes for Dummies was nominated for the coveted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Award">Anthony Award</a>, which are given at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, which for this year will be in St. Louis in September. 
 
<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2459/4390279293_b5f6e6290d_t.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2459/4390279293_b5f6e6290d_t.jpg" style="float: left; height: 100px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 81px;" /></a>Editor's note: This column is <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/Sherlock%20Holmes%20for%20Dummies">part of a series called "From the Dummy's Chair" [MAZA]</a> by Steven Doyle, BSI ("The 'Western Morning News'"), author of the Edgar-nominated <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Dummies-Steven-Doyle/dp/0470484446?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" style="color: #003366; display: inline-block;" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes for Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470484446" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; cursor: move; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Because of the limitations in the print world, he wasn't able to completely fit everything he wanted into the book. This series will become a real-time continuation of that labor of love. Steve is also half the team behind the <a href="http://www.wessexpress.com/" style="color: #003366;">Wessex Press</a>. 
 
 
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An Eyewitness Account of the Edgars and Agathas

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"I Give You These Results" [BLUE]

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6KVP-WNNuK7HcSN-l_fTkMtwwEVCRc9Zc1rkq0w0LnJYtKQ3jmQE0FZNr18HLlDXFC4pW1tz21akSKTc1EDDhYsOlZZMpAaVqkNfN3qjkvhBTtuvUvsnAaUCbK9jzS-3TjxluRytYr9-/s200/Edgar.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6KVP-WNNuK7HcSN-l_fTkMtwwEVCRc9Zc1rkq0w0LnJYtKQ3jmQE0FZNr18HLlDXFC4pW1tz21akSKTc1EDDhYsOlZZMpAaVqkNfN3qjkvhBTtuvUvsnAaUCbK9jzS-3TjxluRytYr9-/s200/Edgar.gif" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 139px;" /></a>Last night was the <a href="http://www.mysterywriters.org/">Mystery Writers of America</a> dinner at which the <a href="http://theedgars.com/nominees.html">2007 Edgar Award winners</a> were announced. In January, in a post titled <a href="http://www.bakerstreetblog.com/2007/01/your-merits-should-be-publicly.html">Your Merits Should be Publicly Recognized</a>, I listed six categories containing seven entries which featured Sherlock Holmes (or his friends). Of those, I am happy to inform you that two were presented with Edgars: Best Critical / Biographical <a id="lnx1" name="evtst|a|0471648795" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471648795?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0471648795">The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, The Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebakerstree-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471648795" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> by E.J. Wagner Best Play "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure" by Steven Dietz (Arizona Theater Company) Congratulations to Ms. Wagner and Mr. Dietz!

"I Give You These Results" [BLUE]

Last night was the Mystery Writers of America dinner at which the 2007 Edgar Award winners were announced. In January, in a post titled Y...

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