And I must say, the cliche is true - it really is just an honor to be nominated:
Best Mystery Novel
Bloodlines, Jan Burke, Simon and Schuster
Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly, Little, Brown
Mercy Falls, William Kent Krueger, Atria
Red Leaves, Thomas H. Cook, Harcourt
To the Power of Three, Laura LippmanBest First Mystery
The Baby Game, Randall Hicks, Wordslinger Press
Die a Little, Megan Abbott, Simon and Schuster
Immoral, Brian Freeman, St. Martin’s Minotaur
Officer Down, Theresa Schwegel, St. Martin’s Minotaur
Tilt-a-Whirl, Chris Grabenstein, Carroll & GrafBest Paperback Original
Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Susan McBride, Avon
The James Deans, Reed Farrel Coleman, Plume
A Killing Rain, P.J. Parrish, Pinnacle
Kiss Her Goodbye, Allan Guthrie, Hard Case Crime
Six Bad Things, Charlie Huston, BallantineBest Short Story
“Driven to Distraction,” Marcia Talley, Chesapeake Crimes II, Quiet Storm
“House Rules,” Libby Fischer Hellmann, Murder in Vegas, Forge
“Killer Blonde,” Elaine Viets, Drop-Dead Blond, Signet
“Misdirection,” Barbara Seranella, Greatest Hits, Carroll & Graf
“There is No Crime on Easter Island,” Nancy Pickard, EQMMBest Critical/Nonfiction
Behind the Mystery, Stuart Kaminsky, Hot House
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, Melanie Rehak, Harcourt
Heirs of Anthony Boucher, Marv Lachman, Poison Pen
New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Leslie S. Klinger, W.W. Norton
Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel, Hallie Ephron, Writer’s DigestBest Fan Publication
Crimespree Magazine, Jon and Ruth Jordan
Deadly Pleasures, George Easter
Mystery News, Lynn Kaczmarek and Chris Aldrich
Mystery Scene Magazine, Brian Skupin and Kate Stine
Mystery Readers Journal, Janet RudolphSpecial Service to the Field
George Easter, Deadly Pleasures
Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers International
Maddy Van Hertbruggen, 4 Mystery Addicts
Sarah Weinman, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
Winners will be announced on Saturday, September 30, at Bouchercon in Madison, Wisconsin. Congratulations to all the nominees.
Congrats Sarah and all the nominees.
Posted by: Mary | July 24, 2006 at 10:43 AM
Congratulations Sarah!! what a great list it is indeed.
Posted by: Patricia | July 24, 2006 at 10:43 AM
Wonderful lists -- warmest congrats to Sarah, Jon & Ruth, and all nominees..
Posted by: Annie | July 24, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Sarah, CrimeSpree, Brian, Allan, P.J., Laura, et al... so much to root for here. Congrats all.
Posted by: Otis | July 24, 2006 at 11:03 AM
This is a list where it's hard to imagine an outcome that won't delight people -- especially Best Novel. I could root for anyone on that list, but I am especially thrilled to see Bloodlines, which was in my top five.
And now I really have to read Red Leaves, which I've been delaying only because I thought it would wreck my head, given the nature of my current WIP. (Fallout from an unsolved tragedy, etc.)
Posted by: Laura | July 24, 2006 at 11:10 AM
Congratulations to you Sarah, and to all the nominees.....
Posted by: Rae | July 24, 2006 at 11:36 AM
Wow, congrats to you and to all. A great list.
Posted by: Steven | July 24, 2006 at 11:38 AM
I agree with Laura. It's a fine list that will delight many, many readers. There are lots of my favorites from last year listed, particularly in the Best Novel and Best PBO categories. And special congratulations to Janet and Sarah both in the Special Services arena!
Posted by: louiseure | July 24, 2006 at 11:40 AM
This is Al's week.
Posted by: Dave White | July 24, 2006 at 12:20 PM
And congrats to Laura and Sarah and Theresa... (I sound like Romper Room... and if you get that reference, you must be from Jersey.)
Posted by: Dave White | July 24, 2006 at 12:22 PM
Excellent news, good luck Sarah - you are in excellent company - 4 great folk tough choices in all brackets.
Being nominated is just great, good luck you are all winners in my book
Ali
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Posted by: Ali | July 24, 2006 at 12:25 PM
Here'a yet another congrat, Sarah! Yes-the cliche is true, ain't it a grand feeling?
It's great to see so many favorites nominated - but sad to note others I'd hoped would be short-listed missing.
Posted by: Elaine Flinn | July 24, 2006 at 12:42 PM
Ahem, Mr. White -- Romper Room was a Baltimore-creation, the brainchild of the Clasters, Bert and Nancy. The show was filmed here and local teachers then did inserts. But the Magic Mirror was born on TV Hill.
And Miss Nancy was a great handicapper. I once spent a day at the track with her.
Posted by: Laura | July 24, 2006 at 12:48 PM
I come from the Miss Molly era... I don't even know who Miss Nancy is.
Posted by: Dave White | July 24, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Oh Sarah, I'm delighted for you.
And all the other nominees.
Posted by: M.J | July 24, 2006 at 01:05 PM
A great list, indeed. And as a native Angeleno, I must do a shout-out for Hobo Kelly, although Romper Room was pretty cool, too. Didn't know about the local inserts.
Posted by: Naomi | July 24, 2006 at 01:19 PM
Rock on Sarah. We always knew you were, er, special. And screw this Romper room BS. I'm a Polka Dot Door kid. That song...
Posted by: Bryon Quertermous | July 24, 2006 at 01:30 PM
Congrats, Sarah. Cash payments have been sent to the appropriate people. Don't worry. I'm on the case.
Posted by: ed | July 24, 2006 at 01:50 PM
Congrats Sarah! Confessions is always something I look forward to reading as a rookie scribbler.
Posted by: Rob Tiffey | July 24, 2006 at 01:54 PM
Congrats, Sarah. A well-deserved honor.
Posted by: Patty Smiley | July 24, 2006 at 03:02 PM
Oh... and congrats Megan! I should really read these entire lists before I post. And Reed!
Posted by: Dave White | July 24, 2006 at 03:05 PM
That's why I went with 'all the nominees'.
Oh and there were a number of places with their own Romper Room shows. I was on the one in Boston. We had Miss Jean. I still remember being extremely depressed that I was sick the day they used the punching balls.
Posted by: Mary | July 24, 2006 at 03:53 PM
Excellent news, Sarah. Congratulations and everyone repeat after me:
"I'm a fucking nominee!"
It gets you the best seats in all the finer restaurants. Trust me.
Posted by: David Terrenoire | July 24, 2006 at 04:02 PM
Congrats Sarah. It is always wonderful to have so many friends nominated and so deserving of recognition. I'm once again glad that I don't have to decide....you guys are all winners in my mind.
Posted by: Aldo | July 24, 2006 at 04:04 PM
Wow!! Excellent list. Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated especially Sarah, Jon and Ruth. I think it will be interesting to see the results.
Ayo
Posted by: Ayo Onatade | July 24, 2006 at 04:23 PM
Oh damn it. congrats Jon and Ruth!!!
Posted by: Dave White | July 24, 2006 at 04:45 PM
That's a damn nice set of nominees. I like it when people get it right.
Congrats to all!
Posted by: David J. Montgomery | July 24, 2006 at 05:53 PM
Congratulations to all. Definitely an stellar lineup in all categories.
And we had Romper Room out of Raleigh, North Carolina. Right before "Time for Uncle Paul."
Posted by: JDRhoades | July 24, 2006 at 06:01 PM
Congratulations, and well deserved.
That's a fine list of writers.
Posted by: Bill Peschel | July 24, 2006 at 06:31 PM
A well-deserved nod to you, Sarah! Congratulations. And congrats to all the other nominees in all the categories. This is one of the years that I've read more than one book on the Best Novel category. I feel like I'm in the know this year--for once.
Posted by: Robin Burcell | July 24, 2006 at 06:42 PM
Ditto what Robin Burcell said. For once, I have read many of these books. I am honored and surprised to be a nominee. But given the competition (Geez...I just finished Charlie Huston's book and I would vote for it!), I am thinking of taking out a contract on a couple folks!
Posted by: PJ Parrish | July 24, 2006 at 07:57 PM
Yes, great lists; & tho I have nothing against the other "special service" nominees, I do particularly hope you'll win, Sarah!
Posted by: Jenny Davidson | July 24, 2006 at 08:22 PM
One of the last here to post. But...congrats to you Sarah and all the nominees. Tough, tough choices.
Posted by: Anthony | July 24, 2006 at 08:34 PM
Why people didn't say about Thomas H. Cook's superb novel. I think it's time for him to deserve his underrated appreciation. I hope Thomas H. Cook win Anthony or Barry best novel.
But "Red Leaves" is so sad that it makes me pour into tears.
Posted by: mejzlik | July 25, 2006 at 05:38 AM
Congrats to Sarah and all the nominees!
Posted by: KimH | July 25, 2006 at 08:10 AM
Oooh, good line-up. Though, y'know, just between you and me, I think you're a shoe-in for the Special Service thing. Put it this way - whatever I tend to know about the crime biz, I know 'cause you blogged it.
Or Al told me. But he's nominated too.
Posted by: Ray | July 25, 2006 at 08:18 AM
What's left but to chime in with the choir...Hearfelt congratulations, Sarah, Libby, Kent, PJ, Jon and Ruth, Janet, Theresa et toutes!
Posted by: Cara | July 25, 2006 at 01:57 PM
Congratulations, Sarah!
This year's nominee list includes many of my favorites.
Posted by: Philip Hawley | July 25, 2006 at 01:59 PM
Wow, what a list!!
Congrats to one and all.
I am glad I don't have to choose.
Good luck to all
Posted by: Kathy K | July 25, 2006 at 02:33 PM
Congrats to everyone, and you bloody well deserve it!
Posted by: Daniel Hatadi | July 25, 2006 at 07:19 PM
"Why people didn't say about Thomas H. Cook's superb novel. I think it's time for him to deserve his underrated appreciation. I hope Thomas H. Cook win Anthony or Barry best novel."
I do hope so as well. It would make up for the uber-deserved Edgars he's been robbed two consecutive years.
Posted by: Xavier Lechard | July 27, 2006 at 07:16 AM