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 DriftBest 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 MysteriesBest 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 JonesBest Critical/Biographical: Willetta L. Heising, for Detecting WomenBest 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 WomenBest 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 DevilBest 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 MacdonaldBest 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 Christmas2002
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 ProfessionalBest 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 ImmoralBest Nonfiction: Melaine Rehak, for Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created HerBest Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for There Is No Crime on Easter Island
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Jacqueline Winspear, for Pardonable Lies2007
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 WritersBest Short Story: Tim Maleeny, for Till Death Do Us Part
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rhys Bowen, for Oh Danny Boy2008
Best Mystery Novel: Laura Lippman, for What the Dead Know 
Best First Mystery Novel: Tana French, for In the WoodsBest 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 Death2009
Best Mystery Novel: Deborah Crombie, for Where Memories LieBest 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 StudyBest Short Story: Dana Cameron, for The Night Things Changed
The Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Rhys Bowen, for A Royal Pain2010
Best Mystery Novel: Ken Bruen og Reed Farrel Coleman, for TowerBest First Mystery: Alan Bradley, for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieBest 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 Smoke2011
Best Mystery Novel: Louise Penny, for Bury Your DeadBest First Mystery: Bruce DeSilva, for Rogue IslandBest Short Story: Dana Cameron, for Swing Shift
Best Nonfiction: John Curran, for Agatha Christie's Secret NotebooksThe Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Kelli Stanley, for City of Dragons2012
Best Mystery Novel: Sara Gran, for Claire DeWitt and the City of the DeadBest First Mystery: Leonard Rosen, for All Cry ChaosBest Short Story: Dana Cameron, for Disarming
Best Nonfiction: Charlaine Harris, for The Sookie Stackhouse CompanionThe Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Catriona McPherson, for Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains2013
Best Mystery Novel: Louise Penny, for The Beautiful MysteryBest First Mystery: Daniel Friedman, for Don't Ever Get OldBest Short Story: Barb Goffman, for The Lord is My Shamus
Best Nonfiction: John Connolly og Declan Burke, for Books to Die ForThe Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Charles Todd, for An Unmarked Grave2014
Best Mystery Novel: William Kent Krueger, for Ordinary GraceBest First Mystery: Terry Shames, for A Killing at Cotton HillBest Short Story: Art Taylor, for The Care and Feeding of HouseplantsBest Nonfiction: Daniel Stashower, for The Hour of PerilThe Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: David Morrell, for Murder as a Fine Art2015
Best Mystery Novel: Alex Marwood, for The Killer Next DoorBest First Mystery: Julia Dahl, for Invisible CityBest Short Story: Craig Faustus Buck, for Honeymoon SweetBest Nonfiction: Hank Phillippi Ryan (redaktør), for Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s JourneyThe Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Catriona McPherson, for A Deadly Measure of Brimstonet2016
Best Mystery Novel: Lou Berney, for The Long and Faraway GoneBest First Mystery: Glen Erik Hamiltonl, for Past CrimesBest Short Story: Megan Abbott, for The Little MenBest Nonfiction: Martin Edwards, for The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective StoryThe Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award: Susanna Calkins, for The Masque of a Murderer''

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Macavity Awards