I've only been to the Edgar Awards in person once before, many years ago when I had just begun writing and friends suggested it would be fun to attend since I was already going to be on the East Coast. It was fun to see what the biggest gala in the U.S. mystery world was all about, but I never imagined I'd be back as an Edgar Award nominee!
After Malice Domestic, I rode the train with Laurie R. King from Washington, DC, to New York City for the Edgars. And I got to celebrate with Laurie at the Edgars as well—she was honored with the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. (photos by Aslan Chalom)
With Laurie King (photo by Aslan Chalom)
Many friends from Crime Writer of Color were also nominees this year, so we took a photo together: V.M. (Valerie) Burns, Tracy Clark, Naomi Hirahara, Vera Kurian, and S.A. (Shawn) Cosby. (Thanks to Shelly Dickson Carr for taking this photo)
And our official photo of Edgar Best Short Story nominees: Michael Bracken, James A. Hearn, Tracy Clark, me, V.M. Burns, and R.T. Lawton (photo by Aslan Chalom)
Edgar Best Short Story nominees:
“Blindsided” by Michael Bracken & James A. Hearn
“The Vermeer Conspiracy" by V.M. Burns
“Lucky Thirteen” by Tracy Clark
“The Road to Hana” by R.T. Lawton (the winner of this year's Edgar)
“The Locked Room Library” by Gigi Pandian
“The Dark Oblivion” by Cornell Woolrich (this was a previously unpublished story by the classic mystery novelist only recently discovered!)