The Macavity Awards
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The Macavity Awards er kriminallitterære priser som utdeles årlig siden 1987 av Mystery Readers International, en USA-basert organisasjon for lesere, fans, kritikere, redaktører, utgivere og forfattere av kriminallitteratur med medlemmer i 19 land (2007). Foreningens medlemmer nominerer og stemmer fram vinnerne.
Prisen har fått navn etter the Mystery Cat i T.S. Eliots Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
Prisklassene har variert noe, men var i 2007:
- Best Mystery Novel, for årets beste krimroman
- Best First Mystery Novel, for årets beste debutarbeide
- Best Nonfiction, for årets beste sakprosabok om kriminallitteratur eller relaterte emner
- Best Short Story, for beste krimnovelle
- The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award, for beste historiske krimroman
[rediger] Prisvinnere
[rediger] 1987
- Best Novel: P. D. James, for A Taste for Death
- Best First Novel: Faye Kellerman, for The Ritual Bath og Marilyn Wallace, for A Case of Loyalties
- Best Critical/Biographical: Marcia Muller og Bill Prozini, for 1001 Midnights
- Best Short Story: Sue Grafton, for The Parker Shotgun
[rediger] 1988
- Best Novel: Nancy Pickard, for Marriage is Murder
- Best First Novel: Robert Crais, for The Monkey's Raincoat
- Best Critical/Biographical: Bill Prozini, for Son of Gun in Cheek
- Best Short Story: Robert Barnard, for The Woman in the Wardrobe
[rediger] 1989
- Best Novel: Tony Hillerman, for A Thief of Time
- Best First Novel: Caroline Graham, for The Killings at Badger's Drift
- Best Critical/Biographical: Victoria Nichols og Susan Thompson, for Silk Stalkings
- Best Short Story: Doug Allyn, for Deja Vu
[rediger] 1990
- Best Novel: Carolyn Hart, for A Little Class on Murder
- Best First Novel: Jill Churchill, for Grime and Punishment
- Best Critical/Biographical: H.R.F. Keating, for The Bedside Companion to Crime
- Best Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for Afraid All the Time
[rediger] 1991
- Best Novel: Sharyn McCrumb, for If Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O
- Best First Novel: Patricia Cornwell, for Postmortem
- Best Critical/Biographical: Gillian Gill, for Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries
- Best Short Story: Joan Hess, for Too Much to Bare
[rediger] 1992
- Best Novel: Nancy Pickard, for I.O.U.
- Best First Novel: Mary Willis Walker for Zero at the Bone og Sue Henry for Murder on the Iditarod Trail
- Best Critical/Biographical: Tony Hillerman og Ernie Bulow, for Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman
- Best Short Story: Margaret Maron, for Deborah's Judgement
[rediger] 1993
- Best Novel: Margaret Maron, for Bootlegger's Daughter
- Best First Novel: Barbara Neely, for Blanche on the Lam
- Best Critical/Biographical: Ellen Nehr, for Doubleday Crime Club Compendium
- Best Short Story: Carolyn Hart, for Henrie O's Holiday
[rediger] 1994
- Best Novel: Minette Walters, for The Sculptress
- Best First Novel: Sharan Newman, for Death Comes as Epiphany
- Best Critical/Biographical: Ed Gorman, for The Fine Art of Murder
- Best Short Story: Susan Dunlap, for Checkout
[rediger] 1995
- Best Novel: Sharyn McCrumb, for She Walks These Hills
- Best First Novel: Jeff Abbott, for Do Unto Others
- Best Critical/Biographical: Dean James og Jean Swanson, for By a Woman's Hand
- Best Short Story: Deborah Adams, for Cast Your Fate to the Wind og Jan Burke for Unharmed
[rediger] 1996
- Best Mystery Novel: Mary Willis Walker, for Under the Beetle's Cellar
- Best First Mystery Novel: Dianne Day, for The Strange Files of Fremont Jones
- Best Critical/Biographical: Willetta L. Heising, for Detecting Women]]
- Best Mystery Short Story: Colin Dexter, for Evans Tries an O-Level
[rediger] 1997
- Best Mystery Novel: Peter Lovesey, for Bloodhounds
- Best First Mystery Novel: Dale Furutani, for Death in Little Tokyo
- Best Non-Fiction: Wiletta Heising: Detecting Women 2
- Best Mystery Short Story: Carolyn Wheat, for Cruel & Unusual
[rediger] 1998
- Best Mystery Novel: Deborah Crombie, for Dreaming of the Bones
- Best First Mystery Novel: Penny Warner, for Dead Body Language
- Best Non-Fiction: Jan Grape, Dean James og Ellen Nehr, for Deadly Women
- Best Mystery Short Story: Peter Robinson, for Two Ladies of Rose Cottage
[rediger] 1999
- Best Mystery Novel: Michael Connelly, for Blood Work
- Best First Mystery Novel: Jerrilyn Farmer, for Sympathy for the Devil
- Best Critical/Biographical: Jean Swanson og Dean James, for Killer Books
- Best Mystery Short Story: Barbara d'Amato, for Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is a Vegetable
[rediger] 2000
- Best Mystery Novel: Sujata Massey, for The Flower Master
- Best First Mystery Novel: Payula L. Woods, for Inner City Blues
- Best Non-Fiction: Tom Nolan, for Ross Macdonald
- Best Mystery Short Story: Kate Grilley, for Maubi and the Jumbies
[rediger] 2001
- Best Mystery Novel: Val McDermid, for A Place of Execution
- Best First Mystery Novel: David Liss, for A Conspiracy of Paper
- Best Non-Fiction: Marvin Lachman, for The American Regional Mystery
- Best Mystery Short Story: Reginald Hill, for A Candle for Christmas
[rediger] 2002
- Best Mystery Novel: Laurie R. King, for Folly
- Best First Mystery Novel: C. J. Box, for Open Season
- Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work: G. Miki Hayden, for Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional
- Best Mystery Short Story: Jan Burke, for The Abbey Ghosts
[rediger] 2003
- Best Mystery Novel: S. J. Rozan, for Winter and Night
- Best First Mystery Novel: Julia Spencer-Fleming, for In the Bleak Midwinter
- Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work: Jim Huang, for They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels
- Best Mystery Short Story: Janet Dawson, for Voice Mail
[rediger] 2004
- Best Mystery Novel: Peter Lovesey, for The House Sitter
- Best First Mystery Novel: Jacqueline Winspear, for Maisie Dobbs
- Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work: Make Mine a Mystery: Gary Warren Niebuhr, A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction
- Best Mystery Short Story: Sandy Balzo, for The Grass Is Always Greener
[rediger] 2005
- Best Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen, for The Killing of the Tinkers
- Best First Mystery Novel: Harley Jane Kozak, for Dating Dead Men
- Best Nonfiction: D.P. Lyle, for Forensics for Dummies
- Best Short Story: Terrence Faherty, for The Widow of Slane
[rediger] 2006
- Best Mystery Novel: Michael Connelly, for The Lincoln Lawyer
- Best First Mystery Novel: Brian Freeman, for Immoral
- Best Nonfiction: Melaine Rehak, for Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
- Best Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for There Is No Crime on Easter Island
- The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Jacqueline Winspear, for Pardonable Lies
[rediger] 2007
- Best Mystery Novel: Nancy Pickard, for The Virgin of Small Plains
- Best First Mystery Novel: Nick Stone, for Mr. Clarinet
- Best Nonfiction: Jim Huang og Austin Lugar, for Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers
- Best Short Story: Tim Maleeny, for Till Death Do Us Part
- The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rhys Bowen, for Oh Danny Boy
