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
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## 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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