2002 AGATHA AWARDS

Award for Lifetime Achievement
Barbara Mertz/Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels


Best Novel
You've Got Murder
by Donna Andrews
Best Novel Nominees
Death of Riley - Bowen The Body in the Bonfire - Page
Blues in the Night - Krich The Golden One - Peters


Best First Novel
In the Bleak Midwinter by J. Spencer-Fleming
Best First Novel Nominees
Not All Tarts Are Apple - Granger How To Murder A Millionaire - Martin
Six Strokes Under - Isleib Shadows At The Fair - Wait
Beat Until Stiff - Johnson  

Best Short Story (tie)
The Dog That Didn't Bark by Margaret Maron
Too Many Crooks by Marcia Talley
Best Short Story Nominees
Dognapped - Barnard What He Needed - Lippman
Devotion - Burke  

Best Non-Fiction
They Died In Vain edited by Jim Huang

Best Non-Fiction Nominees
The Mammoth Encylopedia - Ashley Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir - Clark
Mystery Women - Barnett Writing Mysteries - Grafton

Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery
Red Card: A Zeke Armstrong Mystery

Best Children's Young/Adult Nominees
Whistler in the Dark - Ernst The Secret of the Red Flame - Kimball
Hoot - Hiaasen The Maltese Kitten - Stewart