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News, features and resources for media and publishing professionals. Friday, March 24, 2002 Blogs | Subscribe | Interviews | Events | Films | Book Blog Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs 2002 Agatha Award Winners Announced The winners of the annual Agatha Awards have been announced. The presentation was made at the Malice Domestic XIV convention in Arlington, Virginia earlier this month. Rhys Bowen won the best novel award for Murphy's Law (Minotaur Books). The Agatha Awards, named for Malice inspiration Agatha Christie, are awarded for the best novel, first mystery novel, nonfiction, children's and short story in the genre for the previous year. Presentation is made at the Malice Domestic convention held each year in April or May. 2002 Agatha Awards Best Novel Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen (Minotaur Books) Best First Mystery Novel Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer (Dutton) Best Nonfiction Work Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman (HarperCollins) Best Short Story "The Would-Be Widower" by Katherine Hall Page, Malice Domestic X (Avon Books) Best Children's/YA The Mystery of the Haunted Caves (Troop 13 Mystery) by Penny Warner (Meadowbook Press) Related Links: · Malice Domestic · Past Agatha Award Winners Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter. www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved.