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Party Pictures: 2008 Edgar Awards
May 9, 2008
The Edgar Awards are the Academy Awards of the mystery world, although a bit more congenial and less cut-throaty than the Oscars. The men dress up in tuxes and dark suits, the women in glittering gowns (teal blue was the hot color this year), and everyone is happy to see each other. Addressing the conviviality and supportiveness of the mystery community, thriller master Harlan Coben, the incoming president of the Mystery Writers of America, suggested that the group's old motto "Crime doesn't pay...enough" be changed to" Nobody has to fail so I can succeed."
Here is Coben (the bald man on the right and much taller than I expected)) greeting (I think) Mary Higgins Clark.
And talking with admirers is nominee Michael Chabon, shorter than I expected.
And literary powerhouse couple,Hard Case Crime publisher Charles Ardai and his wife, fantasy novelist Naomi Novik who makes her hardcover debut this July with Victory of Eagles (Del Rey), the fifth entry in her Temeraire series.
Tana French, author of In the Woods, accepts her Edgar for Best First Novel, and free copies of nominated books are piled up for "The Running of the Books" when at the end of the evening, attendees dash out to fill up their goodie bags. I snagged Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union and French's In the Woods to save for my summer vacation reading.
Posted by Wilda Williams on May 9, 2008 | Comments (0)
