Annal:1999 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
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Results of the Agatha Award in the year 1999. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors
- Mystery/Suspense books
- Mystery/Suspense authors.
Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
- 2000 Edgar-Critical/Biography winner
- 1999 Agatha–Nonfiction winner
- 2000 Anthony-Critical nominee
- 2000 Macavity-Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 32.5
This fresh, compelling biography examines the extraordinary life and strange contrasts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the struggling provincial doctor who became the most popular storyteller of his age. From his youthful exploits aboard a whaling ship to his often stormy friendships with such figures as Harry Houdini and George Bernard Shaw, Conan Doyle lived a life as gripping as one of his adventures. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written, Teller of Tales sets aside many myths and misconceptions to present a vivid portrait of the man behind the leg of Baker…
- 1999 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 6.49
The Deadly Directory answers all of your mystifying questions:
• Where is the nearest mystery bookstore?
• Which mystery magazines include short fiction?
• When is the next mystery convention?
• What special gift can I get for my favorite mystery fan?
• Who are the important mystery reviewers?
You’ll find names, addresses, phones, email, websites, & descriptions of over 750 mystery-related businesses and organizations: booksellers, groups, events, periodicals, and more.
A comprehensive index will point you in the right direction—even if…
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers
- 2000 Macavity-Nonfiction nominee
- 1999 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 12.5
Recipes from a talented corps of writers who know how to cook, with delicious anecdotes, some sound advice on where and when to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook, and even recipes for foods you’ve never heard of. Some contributors are Lilian Jackson Braun, Donald E. Westlake, Anne Perry, Tony Hillerman, Carol O’Connell, Parnell Hall and, of course, Anthony Bourdain.
Detecting Women 3: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women
- 2000 Anthony-Critical winner
- 1999 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 16.5
The new big book is better than ever. The most comprehensive guide available for detective fiction by contemporary women, including 690 authors with 225 new since the last edition. Expanded author profiles and easy-to-use indexes. Characters, settings, mystery types, book titles, publication dates, awards, author pseudonyms and more.
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing
Rosemary Herbert, Catherine Aird, John M. Reilly, Susan Oleksiw
- 2000 Edgar-Critical/Biography nominee
- 1999 Agatha–Nonfiction nominee
- Score: 12.5
From the penny dreadful, which challenges seekers of sensation to discover the truth in a pattern of gory details; to the twentieth-century detective novel, which offers an intricate puzzle solved through the application of the intellect; to the crime novel, which probes the psyches of the characters, the crime and mystery genre offers readers an intellectual excitement unsurpassed by other forms of fiction. Now The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing provides scholars and fans of this genre with an authoritative yet playful compendium of knowledge…
