Annal:2003 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
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Results of the Agatha Award in the year 2003. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Mystery/Suspense books
- Mystery/Suspense authors.
Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
- 2003 Agatha–Nonfiction winner
- 2004 Edgar-Critical/Biography nominee
- Score: 16.53
The Egypt that so enticed and enchanted intrepid archaeologist-sleuth Amelia Peabody in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries was a place of wonder, mystery, danger, and the lure of antiquity. Now, with this monumental volume of Egyptian culture, history, and arcania, readers will be able to immerse themselves in the great lady’s world more completely than ever before.
Journey through the bustling streets and markets of Cairo a hundred years ago. Surround yourself with the customs and color of a bygone time. Explore ancient tombs and temples and marvel…
Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction Volume III (1990-1999)
- 2004 Anthony-Critical nominee
- 2004 Edgar-Critical/Biography nominee
- 2004 Macavity-Nonfiction nominee
- 2003 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 24.54
“Mystery Women, Volume 3” is an encyclopedia of leading women characters in mystery fiction introduced during the years 1990-1999. It was preceded by “Mystery Women 1 (1860-1979)” and “Mystery Women 2 (1980-1989)”. In each of the three books, the protagonists are described as to appearance, education and career, family status, religious and political interests. There are short reviews of the books in which each appeared. The series was intended not only as a resource for mystery fans,librarians and booksellers, but as a reflection of the way in which women were…
A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers
- 2004 Macavity-Nonfiction nominee
- 2003 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 12.54
This eagerly-awaited follow-up to the Agatha and Macavity Award finalist, A Taste of Murder, features more crime and nourishment from today’s foremost writers of crime fiction. With more than 130 recipes from an entirely new gang of mystery authors, A Second Helping of Murder lets fans enjoy the culinary cravings of such favorites as Elizabeth George, Dick Francis, Elizabeth Peters, Robert Barnard, Claudia Bishop, Alexander McCall Smith, Linda Barnes, George Pelecanos, and dozens more. Whether “meating out justice” or serving up “red herrings,” contributors have…
Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s
- 2003 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.53
America in the 1950s was a place of Eisenhower, the Korean Conflict, McCarthy, and Sputnik. Women found themselves trapped into a mold of Donna Reed and June Cleaver, marginalized by the hyper-masculinity of the age. Mystery fiction had become a male bastion as well, promoting hardboiled private eye novels and spy fiction. It would be another three decades before groups to promote equality between the sexes in mystery fiction appeared.
Yet during that post-World War II era, seven women carved out a place in the genre. These women became the bestsellers of…
- 2003 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.53
When former jockey Dick Francis turned to writing, his novels were a success right out of the gate. Now readers can learn more about his suspenseful stories and the fascinating worlds in which they take place-not only horse racing, but many others, from flying to filmmaking, from gemstones to glassblowing. Meet the man who has won three Edgar Allen Poe Awards, the title of Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master, fellowship in the Royal Society of Literature, and Malice Domestic’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
