Agatha Award / Best Non-Fiction Book
Best Non-Fiction (English Best Non-Fiction ) is one of the six regular categories in which the American literary award Agatha Award from the Malice Domestic Ltd. is awarded. The prize in this category has been awarded annually since 1994; it honors the best biography , essay volume , bibliography or other reference work or work of non-fiction published in the previous year by an author from the mystery genre. Works of the so-called true crime genre, in which authors take on true crimes as the starting point of a largely fictional plot (such as Truman Capotes in Cold Blood ), are not permitted. The most successful in this category are Daniel Stashower with three awards (2000 and 2014 as well as 2008 as co-author) as well as Alzina Stone Dale , Willetta L. Heising , Jim Huang and Jane K. Cleland , who each won the award twice.
Here is the list of the winners of the Agatha Award in the Best Non-Fiction Book category :
| year | Award winners | title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Barbara D'Amato | The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery | Black and Guilty: The John Branion Case |
| 1995 |
Jean Swanson Dean James |
By a woman's hand | |
| 1996 | Alzina Stone Dale | Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago | |
| 1997 | Willetta L. Heising | Detecting Women 2 | |
| 1998 | Willetta L. Heising | Detecting Men (Pocket Guide) | |
| 1999 | Alzina Stone Dale | Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington DC | |
| 2000 | Daniel Stashower | Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Life of the Father of Sherlock Holmes |
| 2001 | Jim Huang | 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century | |
| 2002 | Tony Hillerman | Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir | |
| 2003 | Jim Huang | They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels | |
| 2004 |
Elizabeth Peters Kristen Whitbread |
Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium | |
| 2005 | Jack French | Private Eye-Lashes: Radio's Lady Detectives | |
| 2006 | Melanie Rehak | Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her | |
| 2007 | Chris Roerden | Don't Murder Your Mystery | |
| 2008 |
Charles Foley Jon Lellenberg Daniel Stashower |
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters | |
| 2009 | Kathy Lynn Emerson | How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries | |
| 2010 | Elena Santangelo | Lady Agatha's shorts | |
| 2011 | John Curran | Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks | |
| 2012 | Leslie Budewitz | Books, Crooks and Counselors | |
| 2013 | John Connolly and Declan Burke | Books to Die For | |
| 2014 | Daniel Stashower | The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War | |
| 2015 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | Writes of Passage | |
| 2016 | Martin Edwards | The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story | |
| 2017 | Jane K. Cleland | Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats | |
| 2018 | Mattias Boström | From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon | From Mr. Holmes to Sherlock |
| 2019 | Jane K. Cleland | Mastering Plot Twists: How to Use Suspense, Targeted Storytelling Strategies, and Structure to Captivate Your Readers |
Web links
- Website Malice Domestic (English)