AGATHA AWARDS
BEST NON-FICTION

2009:
Duchess of Death by Richard Hack
Talking about Detective Fiction by P.D. James
Blood on the Stage by 1925-1950 by Amnon Kabatchnik
Dame Agatha’s Shorts by Elena Santangelo
The Talented Miss Highsmith by Joan Schenkar

2008: How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries by Kathy Lynn Emerson  (Winner)
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey
Anthony Boucher, A Bibliography by Jeff Marks
Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee Poe
The Suspicions of Mr. Whitcher, or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale

2007: Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life In Letters by Charles Foley, Jon Lellenberg, & Daniel Stashower  (Winner)
The Official Nancy Drew Handbook by Penny Warner

2006: Don’t Murder Your Mystery by Chris Roerden  (Winner)
Mystery Muses by Jim Huang and Austin Lugar
The Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower

2005: Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak   (Winner)
Behind the Mystery-Top Mystery Writers by Stuart Kaminsky
The Heirs of Anthony Boucher by Marvin Lachman
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Leslie S. Klinger

2004: Private Eye-Lashes: Radio’s Lady Detectives by Jack French  (Winner)
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories, edited with notes by Leslie Klinger

2003: Amelia Peabody’s Egypt: A Compendium edited by Elizabeth Peters and Kristen Whitbread; designed by Dennis Forbes (Winner)
Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, vol. 3 (parts 1 & 2) by Colleen A. Barnett
A Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers edited by Jo Grossman and Robert Weibezahl
Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s by Jeffrey Marks
Dick Francis Companion by Jean Swanson and Dean James

2002: They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels edited by Jim Huang  (Winner)
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction edited by Mike Ashley
Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction by Colleen Barnett
Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir by Mary Higgins Clark
Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America edited by Sue Grafton with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman

2001: Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman (Winner)
The History of the Mystery by Max Allan Collins
Writing The Mystery: A Start-To-Finish Guide For Both Novice And Professional by G. Miki Hayden
Who Was That Lady? by Jeffrey Marks
Food, Drink, And The Female Sleuth by The Sisters Wells

1999: Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle by Daniel Stashower  (Winner)
The Deadly Directory by Kate Derie
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers by Jo Grossman & Robert Weibezahl
Detecting Women III by Willetta L. Heising
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing by Rosemary Herbert

1998: Mystery Reader's Walking Guide To Washington D.C. by Alzina Stone Dale   (Winner)
Speaking of Murder by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg
Deadly Women by Jan Grape, Dean James, & Ellen Nehr
Silk Stalkings II by Victoria Nichols and Susan Thompson
Killer Books by Jean Swanson and Dean James

1997: Detecting Men (Pocket Guide) by Willeta L. Heising  (Winner)
Crimes of the Scene by Nina King & Robin Winks
Guilty Parties by Ian Ousby  

1996: Detecting Women 2 by Willetta L. Heising (Winner)
Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases by Elaine Raco Chase and Anne Wingate
Mystery: A Celebration by Ron Miller
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Making of a Detective Novelist edited by Barbara Reynolds
By a Woman's Hand, Second Edition by Jean Swanson & Dean James

1995: Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago by Alzina Stone Dale   (Winner)
John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas Greene
Ngaio Marsh: The Woman and Her Work, edited by B.J. Rahn
The Armchair Detective Book of Lists, 2nd edition edited by Kate Stine
The Cadfael Companion, 2nd edition, by Robin Whiteman

1994: By a Woman's Hand by Jean Swanson and Dean James (Winner)
Encylopedia Mysteriosa by William L. DeAndrea
Crime Fiction II by Allen J. Hubin
Great Women Mystery Writers edited by Kathleen Gregory Klein
Had She But Known: Mary Roberts Rinehart by Charlotte MacLeod 

1993: The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery by Barbara D'Amato (Winner)
Maker & Craftsman: Dorothy L. Sayers by Alzina Stone Dale
The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie by Michael C. Gerald
The Fine Art of Murder, editor. Ed Gorman, et al.
A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection by Marvin Lachman
The Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-91 by Ellen Nehr