The Macavity Awards

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 (og musikal Cats).
Prisklassene har variert noe, men var i 2009:

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


== Prisvinnere ==


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 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


=== 2008 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Laura Lippman, for What the Dead Know
Best First Mystery Novel: Tana French, for In the Woods
Best Nonfiction: Roger Sobin, for The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians
Best Short Story: Rhys Bowen, for Please Watch Your Step
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Ariana Franklin, for Mistress of the Art of Death


=== 2009 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Deborah Crombie, for Where Memories Lie
Best First Mystery: Stieg Larsson, for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)
Best Nonfiction: Frankie Y. Bailey, for African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study
Best Short Story: Dana Cameron, for The Night Things Changed
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rhys Bowen, for A Royal Pain


=== 2010 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen og Reed Farrel Coleman, for Tower
Best First Mystery: Alan Bradley, for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Best Nonfiction: P. D. James, for Talking About Detective Fiction
Best Short Story: Hank Phillippi Ryan, for On The House
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rebecca Cantrell, for A Trace of Smoke


=== 2011 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Louise Penny, for Bury Your Dead
Best First Mystery: Bruce DeSilva, for Rogue Island
Best Short Story: Dana Cameron, for Swing Shift
Best Nonfiction: John Curran, for Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Kelli Stanley, for City of Dragons


=== 2012 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Sara Gran, for Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead
Best First Mystery: Leonard Rosen, for All Cry Chaos
Best Short Story: Dana Cameron, for Disarming
Best Nonfiction: Charlaine Harris, for The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Catriona McPherson, for Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains


=== 2013 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Louise Penny, for The Beautiful Mystery
Best First Mystery: Daniel Friedman, for Don't Ever Get Old
Best Short Story: Barb Goffman, for The Lord is My Shamus
Best Nonfiction: John Connolly og Declan Burke, for Books to Die For
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Charles Todd, for An Unmarked Grave


=== 2014 ===
Best Mystery Novel: William Kent Krueger, for Ordinary Grace
Best First Mystery: Terry Shames, for A Killing at Cotton Hill
Best Short Story: Art Taylor, for The Care and Feeding of Houseplants
Best Nonfiction: Daniel Stashower, for The Hour of Peril
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: David Morrell, for Murder as a Fine Art


=== 2015 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Alex Marwood, for The Killer Next Door
Best First Mystery: Julia Dahl, for Invisible City
Best Short Story: Craig Faustus Buck, for Honeymoon Sweet
Best Nonfiction: Hank Phillippi Ryan (redaktør), for Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Catriona McPherson, for A Deadly Measure of Brimstonet


=== 2016 ===
Best Mystery Novel: Lou Berney, for The Long and Faraway Gone
Best First Mystery: Glen Erik Hamiltonl, for Past Crimes
Best Short Story: Megan Abbott, for The Little Men
Best Nonfiction: Martin Edwards, for The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Susanna Calkins, for The Masque of a Murderer


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